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    A Dreamer's Tales: A collection from the world’s first modern fantasy writer, written in 1905 and an influence on everything that came after.
    A Dreamer's Tales: A collection from the world’s first modern fantasy writer, written in 1905 and an influence on everything that came after.
    A Dreamer's Tales: A collection from the world’s first modern fantasy writer, written in 1905 and an influence on everything that came after.
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    A Dreamer's Tales: A collection from the world’s first modern fantasy writer, written in 1905 and an influence on everything that came after.

    Written by Lord Dunsany

    Narrated by Chirag Patel

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    About this audiobook

    Lord Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, which his stories set trends for that continue to this day.

    Before him, the closest thing to fantasy that existed was folktales; after him, people built worlds beyond imagining and epic stories in the lands he first explored.

    He was an influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Gaiman, Borges, Clarke, Moorcock, Yeats, Le Guin and many more besides. Worlds of monsters and magic, of strange names and stranger tales, were all born in Dunsany’s work.

    Contained herein are tales of mysteries and monsters, deserted cities and dangerous dreams, of war between the gods and men who are not all they seem.

    In this collection you’ll find sixteen stories from the first and greatest master of the fantasy genre.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLamplight
    Release dateFeb 29, 2020
    ISBN9781094289939
    A Dreamer's Tales: A collection from the world’s first modern fantasy writer, written in 1905 and an influence on everything that came after.
    Author

    Lord Dunsany

    Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany, was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Lord Dunsany, and particularly his Book of Wonder, is widely recognized as a major influence on many of the best known fantasy writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, and C.S. Lewis. Holding one of the oldest titles in the Irish peerage, Lord Dunsany lived much of his life at Dunsany Castle, one of Ireland’s longest-inhabited homes. He died in 1957, leaving an indelible mark on modern fantasy writing.

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