Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line “Time and the Gods are at strife” in his 1866 poem “Hymn to Proserpine”, as well as by the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. In turn, Dunsany’s influence was felt by H. P. Lovecraft and Ursula K. Le Guin. Arthur C. Clarke corresponded with Dunsany between 1944 and 1956. Those ...
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“Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.” – Lord Dunsany, the preface to “The Book of Wonder”
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01 – Preface & The Bride of the Man-Horse
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02 – Distressing Tale of Thangobrind The Jeweller
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04 – Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men
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05 – The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater
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06 – The King that was Not; The Caves of Kai
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07 – Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon Of Romance
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08 – Men of Yarnith; For the Honour of the Gods
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08 – The Quest of the Queen’s Tears
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09 – Night and Morning; Usury; Mlideen; Secret of the Gods; South Wind
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10 – How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles
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11 – How One Came, As Was Foretold, to the City Of Never
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12 – Journey of the King: Pts. 1 and 2
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12 – The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap
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13 – Journey of the King: Pts. 3 and 4
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14 – The Wonderful Window — and Epilogue
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14 – Journey of the King: Pts. 5, 6, and 7
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15 – Journey of the King: Pts. 8 and 9
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16 – Journey of the King: Pts. 10 and 11
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