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The Book of Wonder - Dunsany, Lord
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The Book of Wonder is one of Lord Dunsany¿s many collections of fantasy short stories. While many of his collections were illustrated, this particular one is different¿the illustrations were completed first. Dunsany then used the illustrations as inspirations for the stories around them. This collection features fourteen short stories, all of them whimsical, imaginative, and deeply strange. Dunsany writes stories that don¿t always have a happy ending, and these are no exception¿though they¿re written in an almost fairytale or allegorical style, they each have a melancholy, vengeful, or even mad edge to them.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The Book of Wonder is one of Lord Dunsany¿s many collections of fantasy short stories. While many of his collections were illustrated, this particular one is different¿the illustrations were completed first. Dunsany then used the illustrations as inspirations for the stories around them. This collection features fourteen short stories, all of them whimsical, imaginative, and deeply strange. Dunsany writes stories that don¿t always have a happy ending, and these are no exception¿though they¿re written in an almost fairytale or allegorical style, they each have a melancholy, vengeful, or even mad edge to them.
Autorenporträt
Edward Plunkett (Dunsany), known to his family as Eddie, was the first son of John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853¿1899), and his wife, Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax, née Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton (1855¿1916).