More than eighty books of Lord Dunsany's work were published and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays. 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 the cast, and whether it was Fate or whether Chance that went through the mists before the Beginning to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI -- none knoweth. There be islands in...
More than eighty books of Lord Dunsany's work were published and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful p...
Incuding "The Sword of Welleran," "The Fall of Babbulkund," "The Kith of the Elf Folk," "The Highwayman," "In the Twilight," "The Ghosts," "The Whirlpool," "The Hurricane," "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth," "The Lord of Cities," "The Doom of La Traviata" and "On the Dry Land."
Incuding "The Sword of Welleran," "The Fall of Babbulkund," "The Kith of the Elf Folk," "The Highwayman," "In the Twilight," "The Ghosts," "The Whi...
My dreams are here before you amongst the following pages; and writing in a day when life is cheap, dreams seem to me all the dearer, the only things that survive. I offer you these books of dreams from Europe as one throws things of value, if only to oneself, at the last moment out of a burning house. . . .
My dreams are here before you amongst the following pages; and writing in a day when life is cheap, dreams seem to me all the dearer, the only things ...
There be islands in the Central Sea, whose waters are bounded by no shore and where no ships come -- this is the faith of their people. 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 the cast and whether it was Fate or whether Chance that went through the mists before the Beginning to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI -- none knoweth.
There be islands in the Central Sea, whose waters are bounded by no shore and where no ships come -- this is the faith of their people. In the mist...
Lord Dunsany was an Irish poet and dramatist. He spent his life living in the famous Dunsany castle in Ireland. Pegana is the home of the Gods in Dunsany's stories. These 20 fantasy tales had an influence on the writings of Tolkein and Usurla LeGuin.
Lord Dunsany was an Irish poet and dramatist. He spent his life living in the famous Dunsany castle in Ireland. Pegana is the home of the Gods in Duns...
An unabridged edition to include: Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean - Blagdaross - The Madness of Andelsprutz - Where the Tides Ebb and Flow - Bethmoora - Idle Days on the Yann - The Sword and the Idol - The Idle City - The Hashish Man - Poor Old Bill - The Beggars - Carcassonne - In Zaccarath - The Field - The Day of the Poll - The Unhappy Body
An unabridged edition to include: Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean - Blagdaross - The Madness of Andelsprutz - Where the Tides Ebb and Flow - Bethmoora -...
