Most seem to think that, in the aftermath of the first World War, the horrors experienced by so many English citizens both at home and on the front left the public wanting for feel-good stories that left a fuzzy, warm feeling in the chest. Many, like Doyle, truly wanted to believe there was something more magical, more spiritual, simply more than the crude world of material and matter. They wanted to believe there was another world where fantastical things could happen. It was something of a societal coping mechanism. A story about two young English girls being visited by fairies? That was exactly the kind of story that many people simply wanted to hear.