Fantasy Coach (Little Princess Series)

The Fantasy Carriage

A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light, smart and fast or heavy, large and comfortable. Carriages normally have suspension using leaf springs, elliptical springs in the 19th century or leather strapping. A public passenger vehicle would not usually be called a carriage – terms for such include stagecoach,charabanc and omnibus. Working vehicles such as the four-wheeled wagon and two-wheeled cart share important parts of the history of the carriage, as is the fast two-wheeled chariot.

A carriage is sometimes called a team, as in "horse and team". A carriage with its 

horse is a rig. An elegant horse-drawn carriage with its retinue of servants is an 

equipage. A carriage together with the horses, harness and attendants is a turnout 

or setout. A procession of carriages is a cavalcade.

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction