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A Dreamer's Tales

Lord Dunsany (1910)

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Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages96 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age13
Goodreads4.04/5 (816)
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ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
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AdventureMysteryHopeful Ending

Tropes

Secondary WorldLost CivilizationPortal FantasySword and Sorcery

Themes

Dreams and RealityWonder and ImaginationMyth and LegendThe SublimeMortalityEscapism

Synopsis

A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917.

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HorrorMythLiterary FantasyEarly Fantasy