Castle in the Air

I was browsing the internet for illustrations from Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones and found this interesting one by another (unrelated). It got me thinking about how the dreams of the women are illustrated through the clouds that depict her thoughts. Which then led me to think about the phrase 'castle in the air', I think of a floating castle but what if it does mean 'dreaming'. In Diana Wynne Jones' book, it tells of a story about Jamal a carpet store owner who dreams of how he is a long lost prince and finds a beautiful princess whom he must save. 

A Castle in the Air. These young girls who marry old millionaires should stop dreaming.

Charles Dana Gibson (American illustrator, 1867-1944)
1903 pen and ink on paper
illustration for Collier's Weekly; published in the artist's collection The Weaker Sex (1903)

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