Lord Dunsany
From “one of the greatest writers of this century,” a fantasy masterpiece about the aftermath of a marriage between a mortal prince and an elfin princess. —Arthur C. Clarke
Before the fellowships and wardrobes and dire wolves . . .
. . . there was the village of Erl and the Kingdom of Elfland.
Considered formative to the development
Irish author Lord Dunsany majorly influenced generations of writers, including J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, and many more, and his Fifty-One Tales, a collection of short stories first published in 1915, has delighted readers for more than a century. These vignettes—some no more than a few...
In a time before computers were a mainstay of our lives, Lord Dunsany tells the story which takes place in England about the revolution of self-reproducing...
In Spain, Gonsalvo, the Lord of the Tower, is in a bind. His daughter is nearing her fifteenth year and should marry soon, yet she has no dowry. To cure the ills of his impoverished family, Gonsalvo turns to his son, Ramon Alonzo. He tells Ramon Alonzo the story...
Created by Skyboat Media for Blackstone Publishing, The Dunsany Mythos features the complete contents of The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods in a single audiobook edition.
"In the mists before THE BEGINNING, Fate and Chance cast lots to decide whose the Game should be; and he that won strode through the mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: 'Now make gods for Me, for I have won the cast and the Game is to be Mine.' Who it was that won
...14) The Highwaymen
Immerse yourself in the hauntingly beautiful world of "The Highwaymen" by Lord Dunsany, a mesmerizing short story that transports listeners to a realm of solitude and yearning. As the night blankets the landscape, Tom, an enigmatic figure, hangs from a noose amidst the blackened downs and whispering winds. His longing to escape the earthly realm and enter the gates of Paradise tugs at the heartstrings, while the ethereal imagery of white recumbent
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