Items related to The Book of Wonder

The Book of Wonder - Hardcover

  • 3.92 out of 5 stars
    951 ratings by Goodreads
 
9781598183092: The Book of Wonder

This specific ISBN edition is currently not available.

Synopsis

The seventh book and fifth original short story collection of 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 William Heinemann in November, 1912 and has been reprinted a number of times since. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878 - 1957), was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than ninety books of his work were published in his lifetime and both original work and compilations have continued to appear. Dunsany's oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as plays, novels and essays. He achieved great fame and success with his early short stories and plays and during the 1910s was considered one of the greatest living writers of the English-speaking world; he is today best known for his 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter. Born and raised in London, to the second-oldest title (created 1439) in the Irish peerage, Dunsany lived much of his life at what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited house, Dunsany Castle near Tara, worked with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, was chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland and travelled and hunted extensively.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherAlan Rodgers Books
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 1598183095
  • ISBN 13 9781598183092
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages128
  • Rating
    • 3.92 out of 5 stars
      951 ratings by Goodreads

(No Available Copies)

Search Books:



Create a Want

If you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!

Create a Want