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  <about><![CDATA[Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work in fantasy published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes hundreds of short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays. Born to one of the oldest titles in the Irish peerage, he lived much of his life at perhaps Ireland's longest-inhabited home, Dunsany Castle near Tara, received an honourary doctorate from Trinity College, and died in Dublin.<br/><br/>]]></about>
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  <id type="integer">14686</id>
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    <![CDATA[The King of Elfland's Daughter]]>
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    <![CDATA[The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the &quot;happily ever after.&quot;<br/>]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1924</published>
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    <![CDATA[The Charwoman's Shadow]]>
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    <![CDATA[An old woman who spends her days scrubbing the floors might be an unlikely damsel in distress, but Lord Dunsany proves once again his mastery of the fantastical. The Charwoman's Shadow is a beautiful tale of a sorcerer's apprentice who discovers his master's nefarious usage of stolen shadows, and vows to save the charwoman from her slavery.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1926</published>
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    <![CDATA[In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales]]>
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    <![CDATA[  Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.  This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades, including the entire Gods of Pegana and such notable works as &quot;Idle Days on the Yann&quot; as well as several about the garrulous traveler Joseph Jorkens and the outrageous murder tale &quot;The Two Bottles of Relish.&quot; Throughout, the stories are united by Dunsanys cosmic vision, his impeccable and mellifluous prose, and his distinctively Irish sense of whimsy.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">14689</id>
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    <![CDATA[Wonder Tales: The Book of Wonder and Tales of Wonder]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;One of English literature's most original talents, Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany, created many of the best fantastic tales in the language. This collection of 33 stories includes all of the tales from two of his finest collections, including &quot;The Three Sailors' Gambit,&quot; and &quot;The House of the Sphinx.&quot;<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
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    <![CDATA[Time and the Gods]]>
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  <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Not only does any tale which crosshatches between this world and Faerie owe a Founder's Debt to Lord Dunsany, but the secondary world created by J.R.R. Tolkien--from which almost all fantasylands have devolved--also took shape and flower from Dunsany's example.&quot; --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy<br/><br/>Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy; his influences have been observed in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, and many other modern writers.<br/><br/>Time and the Gods is another of Dunsany's classic collections, written at his peak of his talent. The stories here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuring images of people, places, and things which cannot possibly exist, yet somehow ring true. Together with Dunsany's other major collections, such as The Book of Wonder, A Dreamer's Tales and Tales of Three Hemispheres, they are a necessary part of any fantasy collection.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1906</published>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories]]>
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  <average_rating>4.28</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;12 tales by a master of  the English language take readers on flights of fancy and make-believe. Enhanced by the author's power of expression and 10 ethereal illustrations by S. H. Simes, the collection includes such inventive tales as &quot;The Highwayman,&quot; &quot;In the Twilight,&quot; &quot;The Ghosts,&quot; &quot;The Lord of Cities,&quot; and the title piece.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1908</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">498116</id>
  <isbn>1587156377</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781587156373</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[The Book of Wonder]]>
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  <average_rating>4.23</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>26</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Not only does any tale which crosshatches between this world and Faerie owe a Founder's Debt to Lord Dunsany, but the secondary world created by J.R.R. Tolkien--from which almost all fantasylands have devolved--also took shape and flower from Dunsany?s example.&quot; --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy; his influences have been observed in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, and many other modern writers. The Book of Wonder is Dunsany at his peak of his talent. The stories here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuring images of people, places, and things which cannot possibly exist, yet somehow ring true. They are, in short, full of wonder. Together with Dunsany's other major collections, A Dreamer's Tales and Tales of Three Hemispheres, they are a necessary part of any fantasy collection.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1912</published>
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        <book>
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  <isbn>1599868857</isbn>
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    <![CDATA[The Gods of Pegana]]>
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  <average_rating>3.74</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[The Gods of Pegana, by Lord Dunsany, is an imaginative book of fantasy and one of the most important collections compiled of short stories from the early part of the 20th century. Dunsany, as the second writer to fully exploit the fantasy and adventure of imaginary lands, which include gods, witches, magic and spirits, The God of Pegana is both an important science fiction work which is both for it's ability to be an excellent collection children's fairy tales as well as sophistcated enough to work well at an adult level.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1905</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">126264</id>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Hashish Man and Other Stories]]>
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  <average_rating>4.16</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>19</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this collection of 23 short stories, one of the original masters of early-twentieth-century science fiction and fantasy is introduced to a new generation of readers. Fanciful tales of strange adventure in imaginary exotic locales and depictions of otherworldly grim creepiness abound.</p>]]>
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    <id>9172</id>
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    <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1084</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>116</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1996</published>
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        <book>
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  <isbn13>9781568821160</isbn13>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Complete Pegana: All the Tales Pertaining to the Fabulous Realm of Pegana]]>
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    <![CDATA[Lord Dunsany is best known as a favorite of other writers--such as H.P. Lovecraft, who counted him second only to Edgar Allan Poe as an influence on his work. Lovecraft readers will be interested to know that two ideas Lovecraft got from Dunsany were (1) an artificial pantheon of gods and other entities (Dunsany's Pegana Mythos predates Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos) and (2) a cosmic vision of man as living on a tiny island of order amid a vast and chaotic universe. Perhaps, as S.T. Joshi writes in the introduction to this collection, &quot;It is now time to appreciate Dunsany in his own right as a master fantasist whose prodigal imagination was equaled by few, whose prose style was a model of affecting simplicity, and whose bold philosophical vision remains challenging to the present day.&quot; This edition includes the complete stories from <em>The Gods of Pegana</em> (1905) and <em>Time and the Gods</em> (1906), plus three other stories belonging to the Pegana cycle. <em>--Fiona Webster</em>]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Lord Dunsany]]></name>
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    <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1084</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>116</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1998</published>
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