Lord Dunsany





Lord Dunsany

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July 24, 1878 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died
October 25, 1957

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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.



Average rating: 3.95 · 3,869 ratings · 379 reviews · 143 distinct works
The King of Elfland's Daughter
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 1924 — 21 editions
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The Charwoman's Shadow
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1926 — 8 editions
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Time and the Gods
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The Gods of Pegana
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1911 — 3 editions
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The Book of Wonder
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1912 — 51 editions
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Wonder Tales: The Book of W...
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Fifty-One Tales
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A Dreamer's Tales
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1910 — 8 editions
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More books by Lord Dunsany…
“A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.”
Lord Dunsany

“And at that moment a wind came out of the northwest, and entered the woods and bared the golden branches, and danced over the downs, and led a company of scarlet and golden leaves, that had dreaded this day but danced now it had come; and away with a riot of dancing and glory of colour, high in the light of the sun that had set from the sight of the fields, went wind and leaves together.”
Lord Dunsany, The King of Elfland's Daughter

“And little he knew of the things that ink may do, how it can mark a dead man's thought for the wonder of later years, and tell of happening that are gone clean away, and be a voice for us out of the dark of time, and save many a fragile thing from the pounding of heavy ages; or carry to us, over the rolling centuries, even a song from lips long dead on forgotten hills.”
Lord Dunsany, The King of Elfland's Daughter

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