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Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland's daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. He makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower than the real world, and wins her. They return to Erl and have a son, but in the manner of fairy brides of folklore, she fits uneasily with his people.
Praise for The King of Elfland's Daughter “We find that he has but tranfigured with beauty the common sights of the world.” —William Butler Yeats “I shall indeed be happy if this volume contributes to the rediscovery of one of the greatest writers of this century.” —Arthur C. Clarke “Del Rey is to be thanked for bringing these works back into print.
Folio’s fabulous centenary edition of The King of Elfland’s Daughter, a founding text of the fantasy genre by Lord Dunsany, features an introduction by Erin Morgenstern, a foreword by Neil Gaiman and original artwork by Julie Dillon. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this first ever fully illustrated edition has been signed by both the introducer and the illustrator.
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DUNSANY (1878 - 1957)Genre(s): Literary FictionRead by: Michele Fry in EnglishChapters:00:00:00 - 01 - 01 Preface and ...
The King of Elfland’s Daughter is written in the pseudo-archaic prose style for which Dunsany is known. Some contemporaries thought the style did not suit a novel-length work, but contemporary Irish writer George Russell called the book “the most purely beautiful thing Lord Dunsany has written.” The book touches on a range of themes, including the longing for fantastical things lost, the ...
The protagonist, Alveric, marries the titular elf-king’s daughter, Lirazel, in chapter four. What really drives the plot is the turbulence of their different natures. Elves are unaccustomed to time and change, because they live outside it. When Lirazel gives in to her longing for home and returns to Elfland, she leaves Alveric and their ...
31. Mai 2022 · Lord Dunsany's best-known novel is The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924), wherein the men of Erl desire to be "ruled by a magic lord," and the lord's heir, Alveric, ventures into Elfland to win the king's daughter, Lirazel. Their story does not progress as a reader weaned on the diluted milk of formulaic fantasy would expect; and the novel's unique journeys and events are matched by Dunsany's ...
