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The Book of Wonder
Author Lord Dunsany
Illustrator Sidney H. Sime
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy short stories
Publisher William Heinemann
Publication date 1912
Media type Print (Hardback)
ISBN NA
Preceded by A Dreamer's Tales
Followed by Five Plays

The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany ( 24 July 1878 &ndash 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and Sidney Sime (1867 &ndash May 22 1941) was an English artist in the late Victorian and succeeding periods mostly remembered for his fantastic The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view William Heinemann ( 18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish Fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J Five Plays is the eighth book by Irish Fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J For a comparatively small island Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to World literature in all its branches Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany ( 24 July 1878 &ndash 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. William Heinemann ( 18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods. The Modern Library, a current division of Random House Publishers was founded in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright. Time and the Gods is the second book by Irish Fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J

The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author.

Contents

  • "Preface"
  • "The Bride of the Man-Horse"
  • "The Distressing Tale of Tangobrid the Jeweller, and of the Doom that Befel Him"
  • "The House of the Sphinx"
  • "The Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men"
  • "The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolator"
  • "The Loot of Bombasharna"
  • "Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance"
  • "The Quest of the Queen's Tears"
  • "The Hoard of the Gibbelins"
  • "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles"
  • "How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never"
  • "The Coronation of Mr. The Hoard of the Gibbelins is a Fantasy Short story by Lord Dunsany. Thomas Shap"
  • "Chu-Bu and Sheemish"
  • "The Wonderful Window"
  • "Epilogue"

External links

References

Schweitzer. Metuchen, N. J. : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. , 4.  

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