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The Chronicles of Rodriguez is a collection of short stories written by Edward John Plunkett, also known as Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1922, this book features a series of…

No measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write)…

Ludibras: When he tarried year after year in monstrous Barbul-el-Sharnak, I feared that I would see the sun rise never more in the windy glorious country. I feared we should…

Dunsany’s use of rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-worlds, and his exquisite sense of the fantastic make him a standout in modern literature.

It’s hard to overstate just how influential The King of Elfland’s Daughter has been to modern fantasy; particularly high fantasy, sword and sorcery, and high fantasy. Lyrical and dream like…

In 1919 Dunsany told an American interviewer In The Gods of Pegana I tried to account for the ocean and the moon. I don’t know whether anyone else has ever…

The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his…