context: Although the book by John Raskin, King of the Golden River, has been dated before, modern fantasy literature has always been dated from George MacDonald, the Scottish writer with novels such as The Princess, the Genie, and Fantastes (1858), and is considered the last The first adult fictional novel. MacDonald has a major impact on both JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. William Morris is another great writer of this era, an extremely popular English poet. He wrote many novels in the late century, including the well at the end of the world.
question: When did the fantasy novels series begin?
answers.text: 1858