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The King of Elfland's Daughter (Del Rey Impact)

by: Lord Dunsany

: The King of Elfland's Daughter (Del Rey Impact)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780345431912
ISBN: 034543191X
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: July 06, 1999
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: July 06, 1999
Sales Rank: 40453
Studio: Del Rey



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The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the 'happily ever after.'


Amazon.com Review:
All fantasy and horror fans owe it to themselves to read Lord Dunsany (1878-1957). The sword & sorcery genre was born in his early stories, and high fantasy was indelibly transformed by his novels. His profound influence on 20th-century fantastic fiction is visible in authors as dissimilar as Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Lord Dunsany's best-known novel is The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924), wherein the men of Erl desire to be 'ruled by a magic lord,' and the lord's heir, Alveric, ventures into Elfland to win the king's daughter, Lirazel. Their story does not progress as a reader weaned on the diluted milk of formulaic fantasy would expect; and the novel's unique journeys and events are matched by Dunsany's rich and lyrical prose and by his contagious intoxication with the magic and marvels of both Elfland and our own world. --Cynthia Ward



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - If you only read one book that Lord Dunsany ever wrote, this should be it.
I've been sitting at my keyboard for a few minutes, trying to figure out how to describe this book: ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Change in the World
"The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany, ©1924, renewed 1951, Introduction© 1999

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The illusive boundary between the fields we know, and the fields that we do not...
I'll be brief here. Quite simply, I wish that I would have been introduced to this book three or four ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not Free SF Reader
Elves and princesses.


And for me, not much of interest to be found.

This ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Classic of fantasy
A book that many attribute as the start of modern fantasy. The downside to this, being that so many stories ... Read More

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