A Dreamer's Tales
First edition
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Author | Lord Dunsany |
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Illustrator | Sidney Sime |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | George Allen & Sons |
Publication date
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1910 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Preceded by | The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories |
Followed by | The Book of Wonder |
A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917.
The book is actually Dunsany's fourth major work, as his preceding book, The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (March, 1910), was a chapbook reprinting a single story from his earlier collection The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (October, 1908).
In common with most of Dunsany's early books, A Dreamer's Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories.
Contents
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- "Preface"
- "Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean"
- "Blagdaross"
- "The Madness of Andelsprutz"
- "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow"
- "Bethmoora"
- "Idle Days on the Yann"
- "The Sword and the Idol"
- "The Idle City"
- "The Hashish Man"
- "Poor Old Bill"
- "The Beggars"
- "Carcassonne"
- "In Zaccarath"
- "The Field"
- "The Day of the Poll"
- "The Unhappy Body"
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External links
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/> A Dreamer's Tales at Project Gutenberg
- A Dreamer's Tales public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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