The King of Elfland’s Daughter
- Author Lord Dunsany
- Narrator Toby Longworth
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 6 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Fantasy.
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What to expect
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 "happily ever after".
Critics Review
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A fine, strange, almost forgotten novel … the writing is beautiful … This is the real thing. It’s a rich red wine, which may come as a shock if all one has had so far has been cola. So trust the book. Trust the poetry and the strangeness, and the magic of the ink, and drink it slowly
Neil Gaiman -
Dunsany’s masterpiece … that may well be the same as saying it could be the very best fairy story ever written
Graham Wilson -
It’s not simply the beauty of the language, the astute eye for character, the hint of humor, or even the spell of legendry and wonder, but Dunsany’s unique combination of all of the above. Even read today, with all the fantasy novels I’ve read, his work remains fresh and exuberant
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction -
A delicate ear for speech rhythms and a brilliantly exact imagination
Ursula K Le Guin -
One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century
Arthur C Clarke -
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 “happily ever after”
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