Publication

1972 - Pan/Ballantine, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

74,750 words, Guess

Page Count

299 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100345097440
  • ISBN-139780345097446
  • Library of Congress Control Number73159994
  • Better World Books9780345097446
  • Better World BooksKS-054-439
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.9/12
  • LCCPZ3.D9248 Be3
  • LCCPR6007.U6 Be3
and 1 more
  • LCCPZ3.D9248Be3

Description

Among the great writers of fantasy, Lord Dunsany was one of the first: not merely innovative, he was a stylist whose prose has been echoed but never imitated. As Baird Searles has remarked, "His constant repetition of 'the fields we know,' for instance, is not just a clever phrase. Through it and its ramifications, there is a constant pointing up of the difference between the mundane and the twilit depths of Elfland, where time stands still." And L. Sprague de Camp says: "Dunsany's stories are a priceless possession for any lover of fantasy. Like first-rate poetry, they are endlessly rereadable. Those who have not read them have something to look forward to, and an assortment of Dunsany is the foundation stone of any fantasy collection." The publishers are pleased to announce that this collection includes the entire contents of THE GODS OF PEGANA, unavailable since its original publication in 1905, and never before published in its entirety in America.

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