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I was absolutely delighted with this book. It was hard to believe it was originally published in 1926 - the writing seems timeless, rather than just holding up well. I found myself returning again and again to read certain perfectly-phrased passages, and putting down the book between chapters just so I could mull over certain universal truths that were so elegantly put as to seem brand-new. More than anything, the plot dwells on the need for a little fantasy and magic in everyday life, and there
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With the current popularity of cozy fantasies, an inquisitive reader might want to revisit one of the first of the genre. Lud-in-the-Mist is a small city beset by smuggled fairy fruit inspiring its citizens to outbreaks of dancing and art. Mayor Nathaniel Chanticleer must both combat the influence of fairies on his family and his own depression triggered by "the note" heard in his youth and sounded by same fairies. The humor is sly but pointed firmly at human foibles and the descriptions of this
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This is lovely, you guys. Lovely. A proper, proper fairy tale. Wonderful.
*note to self.copy from Al.
I read this in 1970 when it was part of the influx of reprints being reissued.
The tale has many elements as varied as a murder mystery and desiring the forbidden. The setting is a town grown up at the confluence of two rivers but one river flows from the land of Fairy carrying with it contraband. The people are a cross between nineteenth century and older societies but all reflect English society and customs, especially the classes.
The tale has many elements as varied as a murder mystery and desiring the forbidden. The setting is a town grown up at the confluence of two rivers but one river flows from the land of Fairy carrying with it contraband. The people are a cross between nineteenth century and older societies but all reflect English society and customs, especially the classes.
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