Nineteenth Century Fairy Tales

Morley’s

Morley’s Fairy Mill, which destroys any superficial or spurious objects that pass through it, is in direct contrast to the English mills and factories engendered by the Industrial Revolution. Morley believed the produce of capitalist labour to be soulless and without standards, and by reducing Flavilla’s goods to powder instead of creating them, the Mill represents the ideals and virtues of the Cooperative Movement. Once the Fairy Mill has proved to the King that what capitalist Flavilla produces is without worth, the modes of production are changed and ultimately the