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I just finished this old fantasy classic by Lord Dunsany and I'm wondering if anyone else here has read it. Dunsany's writing is very beautiful, simple in a way but also ornate. The whole book is written very dreamily. Major plot points come across almost as afterthoughts, with Lord Dunsany focusing on themes of longing and innocence common to all people. I highly recommend this book, it is quite unique in fantasy literature.
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Fri, August 20, 2004 - 5:55 PMI read it a few months ago. I keep remembering snippets of it. I need to go back and read it again.
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Sun, August 22, 2004 - 4:34 AMI read this a few years ago. It was very beautifully written, I agree. I actually liked one of his other books a bit better--it's called The Charwoman's Shadow.
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Tue, August 24, 2004 - 4:12 PMIt's FABULOUS. One of those uberclassics.
"Major plot points come across almost as afterthoughts..." indeed. -
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Tue, August 24, 2004 - 4:20 PMI keep trying to involve myself in this one, but it's so fantastic that it makes my mind bristle.
Each sentence could be a short story in itself.
I feel the same way about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stuff.
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Wed, August 25, 2004 - 1:14 AM"King of Elfland's Daughter"
I know of a song by that title. I wonder if it is related in some way? -
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Wed, August 25, 2004 - 1:18 AMI read somewhere that a musical based on the book was made, starring Christopher Lee as the Elf King.
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Re: King of Elfland's Daughter
Thu, March 31, 2005 - 9:52 PMDredging up an old thread...I loved this book. It had a really magical atmosphere, like a pre-Raphaelite painting.
