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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany: The King of Elfland's Daughter No rating

The King of Elfland's Daughter is a 1924 fantasy novel by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany. …

Importing some books from J.G Keely's suggested readings in fantasy.

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The authors of the late Victorian period in England marked a high point for sophistication and inventiveness in fantasy. It is this gestational period from which all modern fantasy, consciously or unconsciously, draws. These were the magnificent dream visions that Lewis and Tolkien tried to recapture in their more stolid works. Dunsany is one of the masters of the British fairy tale, able to use tone to create a pervasive world of strange enchantment that grasps at the reader's soul. His magic is a living thing, possessing its own will and unfathomable laws, twisting pervasively through the warp the story, leaving nothing untouched. The plot of The King of Elfland's Daughter is fairly straightforward, a recognizable British fairy tale, but dreamlike and hallucinogenic, the very inspiration for Lovecraft's brand of alienated horror. The Sword of Welleran and Others is a collection of some of his best short stories. Any author of fantasy should read him so they can learn that a book can only be as magical as it is strange, only as fantastical as it is unpredictable.