Fifty-One Tales
By Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Baron Dunsany
Length1h 45m
About this audiobook
Without doubt Lord Dunsany was one of the most influential writers of fantasy fiction in twentieth century. His fiction is an acknowledged influence on entire generations of writers, ranging from H.P. Lovecraft to James Branch Cabell, from Clark Ashton Smith to Lin Carter. Although many of his most famous stories are longer in length, the miniature portraits of Fifty-One Tales (originally published in 1915 and sometimes reprinted under the title The Food of Death) are an ideal introduction to Dunsany. Nowhere is the jewel-like quality of his prose more evident than in the short tales, seminal works which runs the gamut from whimsy to fantasy to social satire.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length1 hr 45 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE ASSIGNATION
26THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
2CHARON
27ALONE THE IMMORTALS
3THE DEATH OF PAN
28A MORAL LITTLE TALE
4THE SPHINX AT GIZEH
29THE RETURN OF SONG
5THE HEN
30SPRING IN TOWN
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6WIND AND FOG
31HOW THE ENEMY CAME TO THLUNRANA
7THE RAFT-BUILDERS
32A LOSING GAME
8THE WORKMAN
33TAKING UP PICADILLY
9THE GUEST
34AFTER THE FIRE
10DEATH AND ODYSSEUS
35THE CITY
11DEATH AND THE ORANGE
36THE FOOD OF DEATH
12THE PRAYER OF THE FLOWERS
37THE LONELY IDOL
13TIME AND THE TRADESMAN
38THE SPHINX IN THEBES (MASSACHUSETTS)
14THE LITTLE CITY
39THE REWARD
15THE UNPASTURABLE FIELDS
40THE TROUBLE IN LEAFY GREEN STREET
16THE WORM AND THE ANGEL
41THE MIST
17THE SONGLESS COUNTRY
42FURROW-MAKER
18THE LATEST THING
43LOBSTER SALAD
19THE DEMAGOGUE AND THE DEMI-MONDE
44THE RETURN OF THE EXILES
20THE GIANT POPPY
45NATURE AND TIME
21ROSES
46THE SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD
22THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EAR-RINGS
47THE MESSENGERS
23THE DREAM OF KING KARNA-VOOTRA
48THE THREE TALL SONS
24THE STORM
49COMPROMISE
25A MISTAKEN IDENTITY
50WHAT WE HAVE COME TO
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