Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter

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Today I want to look at one of the true classics of the fantasy genre – Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter, which was published back in 1924. It has directly inspired many modern stories, such as Neil Gaiman’s Stardust or The Princess Bride. It’s a fun and quirk story that’s more of a modern fairy tale than anything else. Dunsany is a powerful world builder and tale-spinner. Now, he’s not the best at developing characters, so some of them can be a be trope-ified at times, but his prose and powerful depiction of the two worlds of man’s and magic’s are very strong. Our two lovers cross from one world to another and back again, and there is a compelling honesty to it.

Many consider this to be Lord Dunsany’s best work, and it shows. I would encourage you heavily to read it and check it out, particularly if you enjoy Gaiman, as Gaiman is probably the most famous modern writer who’s style mimics and approaches Dunsany’s work.

Want to check out my first video where I go over Lord Dunsany’s “The Gods of Pegana?” Here you go!    • Lord Dunsany's Gods of Pegana  


Here’s the novel - https://www.amazon.com/King-Elflands-...

Now here is Dunsany’s Penguin Collection if you are interested in pursuing him more: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Time-Fant...

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