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Idle Days on the Yann

2015-08-24 Fiction
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Release : 2015-08-24
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Book Synopsis Idle Days on the Yann by : Lord Dunsany

Download or read book Idle Days on the Yann written by Lord Dunsany. This book was released on 2015-08-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So I came down through the wood on the bank of Yann and found, as had been prophesied, the ship Bird of the River about to loose her cable. The captain sat cross-legged upon the white deck with his scimitar lying beside him in its jeweled scabbard, and the sailors toiled to spread the nimble sails to bring the ship into the central stream of Yann, and all the while sang ancient soothing songs. And the wind of the evening descending cool from the snowfields of some mountainous abode of distant gods came suddenly, like glad tidings to an anxious city, into the wing-like sails.

Idle Days on the Yann and Other Stories

2004-06-01
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Release : 2004-06-01
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Download or read book Idle Days on the Yann and Other Stories written by Lord Dunsany. This book was released on 2004-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And now as the sun's last rays were nearly level, we saw the sight that I had come to see, for from two mountains that stood on either shore two cliffs of pink marble came out into the river, all glowing in the light of the low sun, and they were quite smooth and of mountainous altitude, and they nearly met, and Yann went tumbling between them and found the sea.

A Dreamer's Tales Illustrated

2020-08-22
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Release : 2020-08-22
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Book Synopsis A Dreamer's Tales Illustrated by : Lord Dunsany

Download or read book A Dreamer's Tales Illustrated written by Lord Dunsany. This book was released on 2020-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917.

In the Land of Time

2004-02-24 Fiction
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Release : 2004-02-24
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 766/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis In the Land of Time by : Lord Dunsany

Download or read book In the Land of Time written by Lord Dunsany. This book was released on 2004-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the Fantasy Tales that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft A pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades of work. Liberal selections of earlier tales—including the entire Gods of Pegana as well as such notable works as "Idle Days of the Yann" and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth"—are followed by memorable later tales, including several about the garrulous traveler Joseph Jorkens and the outrageous murder tale "The Two Bottles of Relish." Throughout, the stories are united by Dunsany's cosmic vision, his impeccable and mellifluous prose, and his distinctively Irish sense of whimsy. Here published for the first time by Penguin Classics, this edition is the only annotated version of Dunsany's short stories. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Tales of Three Hemispheres

2018-10-28
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Release : 2018-10-28
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Book Synopsis Tales of Three Hemispheres by : Lord Dunsany

Download or read book Tales of Three Hemispheres written by Lord Dunsany. This book was released on 2018-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June, 1920. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication in a new edition by Owlswick Press in 1976, with illustrations by Tim Kirk and a foreword by H. P. Lovecraft, actually a general article on Dunsany's work originally written by Lovecraft in 1922, but unpublished until it appeared in his posthumous Marginalia (Arkham House, 1944). The book collects 14 short pieces by Dunsany; the last three, under the general heading "Beyond the Fields We Know," are related tales, as explained in the publisher's note preceding the first, "Idle Days on the Yann," which was previously published in the author's earlier collection A Dreamer's Tales, but reprinted in the current one owing to the relationship.

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