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Herausgeber: Endymion Press
Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
Sprache: Englisch

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In Fifty-One Tales, Lord Dunsany crafts a collection of brief, evocative stories that blur the line between reality and imagination. Each tale is a masterpiece of fantasy, filled with lyrical prose, timeless themes, and an enchanting sense of wonder. From the musings of gods to the secret lives of stars, Dunsany’s stories delve into the mystical, the whimsical, and the profound.
These fifty-one vignettes explore life, death, dreams, and eternity, transporting readers to forgotten kingdoms, ethereal landscapes, and mysterious realms. With a blend of charm and depth, Dunsany offers tales that are as thought-provoking as they are beautiful, capturing the essence of the human experience through the lens of the fantastical.
A literary cornerstone of modern fantasy, Fifty-One Tales has inspired greats like J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft with its rich imagination and poetic style. Each story, though concise, carries a weight of meaning that resonates across generations.
For lovers of the magical, the thought-provoking, and the uniquely strange, Fifty-One Tales is a testament to Lord Dunsany’s genius and a treasure of the fantasy genre that continues to captivate readers worldwide.

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

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FIFTY-ONE TALES

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Lord Dunsany

ENDYMION PRESS

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THE ASSIGNATION

CHARON

THE DEATH OF PAN

THE SPHINX AT GIZEH

THE HEN

WIND AND FOG

THE RAFT-BUILDERS

THE WORKMAN

THE GUEST

DEATH AND ODYSSEUS

DEATH AND THE ORANGE

THE PRAYER OF THE FLOWERS

TIME AND THE TRADESMAN

THE LITTLE CITY

THE UNPASTURABLE FIELDS

THE WORM AND THE ANGEL

THE SONGLESS COUNTRY

THE LATEST THING

THE DEMAGOGUE AND THE DEMI-MONDE

THE GIANT POPPY

ROSES

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EAR-RINGS

THE DREAM OF KING KARNA-VOOTRA

THE STORM

A MISTAKEN IDENTITY

THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

ALONE THE IMMORTALS

A MORAL LITTLE TALE

THE RETURN OF SONG

SPRING IN TOWN

HOW THE ENEMY CAME TO THLUNRANA

A LOSING GAME

TAKING UP PICADILLY

AFTER THE FIRE

THE CITY

THE FOOD OF DEATH

THE LONELY IDOL

THE SPHINX IN THEBES (MASSACHUSETTS)

THE REWARD

THE TROUBLE IN LEAFY GREEN STREET

THE MIST

FURROW-MAKER

LOBSTER SALAD

THE RETURN OF THE EXILES

NATURE AND TIME

THE SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD

THE MESSENGERS

THE THREE TALL SONS

COMPROMISE

WHAT WE HAVE COME TO

THE TOMB OF PAN

THE ASSIGNATION

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FAME SINGING IN THE HIGHWAYS, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.

And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.

And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.

And one day in his bitterness the poet rebuked her, and said to her: “Lovely Fame, even in the highways and the byways you have not foreborne to laugh and shout and jest with worthless men, and I have toiled for you and dreamed of you and you mock me and pass me by.”

And Fame turned her back on him and walked away, but in departing she looked over her shoulder and smiled at him as she had not smiled before, and, almost speaking in a whisper, said:

“I will meet you in the graveyard at the back of the Workhouse in a hundred years.”

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