Wildside press jan 2012 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Last Book of Wonder' (originally published as 'Tales of Wonder') is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and many others. 'The Last Book of Wonder' was Dunsany's own preferred title. The book collects nineteen short stories by the author, plus a Preface.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878-1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his fantasy work published under the name Lord Dunsany. His works include hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels, and essays. This volume contains the plays 'Alexander,' 'The Old King's Tale,' 'The Evil Kettle,' and 'The Amusements of Khan Kharuda.'. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878-1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his fantasy work published under the name Lord Dunsany. His works include hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels, and essays. Dunsany later realized that Algernon Charles Swinburne's line 'Time and the Gods are at strife' in his 1866 poem 'Hymn to Proserpine,' unconsciously influenced the title of his collection of classic fantasy short stories, 'Time and the Gods.' This volume is a facsimile reprint of the original John W. Luce & Company edition, complete with the S.H. Sime interior illustrations and decorations. Sime, S H (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878-1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his fantasy work published under the name Lord Dunsany. His works include hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels, and essays. In 'The Charwoman's Shadow,' Dunsany returned to the Spanish milieu and to the light style of his first novel, 'Don Rodriguez,' to which it is related. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In rural Devon, a self-made farmer has risen from poverty to independence and holds the ancient local office of Portreeve. His future seems secure when the woman he loves agrees to marry him. But their happiness stirs jealousy in others, and two people with reasons of their own to keep the couple apart discover that suspicion can be a powerful weapon.An old scandal, long dismissed, is revived and reshaped through rumor and carefully chosen lies. In a close rural community where reputation matters and religious convictions run deep, doubt spreads quickly. Trust begins to give way under the pressure of gossip, pride, and social difference, threatening not only a marriage but several lives bound together by love and resentment. First published in 1906, this Dartmoor novel explores the fragile line between belief and evidence, and the damage that follows when private desire joins forces with public judgment.…