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.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length1 hr 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE ASSIGNATION
27ALONE THE IMMORTALS
2CHARON
28A MORAL LITTLE TALE
3THE DEATH OF PAN
29THE RETURN OF SONG
4THE SPHINX AT GIZEH
30SPRING IN TOWN
5THE HEN
31HOW THE ENEMY CAME TO THLUNRANA
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6WIND AND FOG
32A LOSING GAME
7THE RAFT-BUILDERS
33TAKING UP PICADILLY
8THE WORKMAN
34AFTER THE FIRE
9THE GUEST
35THE CITY
10DEATH AND ODYSSEUS
36THE FOOD OF DEATH
11DEATH AND THE ORANGE
37THE LONELY IDOL
12THE PRAYER OF THE FLOWERS
38THE SPHINX IN THEBES (MASSACHUSETTS)
13TIME AND THE TRADESMAN
39THE REWARD
14THE LITTLE CITY
40THE TROUBLE IN LEAFY GREEN STREET
15THE UNPASTURABLE FIELDS
41THE MIST
16THE WORM AND THE ANGEL
42FURROW-MAKER
17THE SONGLESS COUNTRY
43LOBSTER SALAD
18THE LATEST THING
44THE RETURN OF THE EXILES
19THE DEMAGOGUE AND THE DEMI-MONDE
45NATURE AND TIME
20THE GIANT POPPY
46THE SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD
21ROSES
47THE MESSENGERS
22THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EAR-RINGS
48THE THREE TALL SONS
23THE DREAM OF KING KARNA-VOOTRA
49COMPROMISE
24THE STORM
50WHAT WE HAVE COME TO
25A MISTAKEN IDENTITY
51THE TOMB OF PAN
26THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
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