Kingdoms of Elfin (Handheld Classics #5)

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Synopsis
Endorsed with a cover blurb by Neil Gaiman ‘Handheld Classic’s republication this month is a triumph, with a beautiful Arthur Rackham cover’ The Bookseller, Paperback Preview Book of the Month for October, 27 July 2018. Sylvia Townsend Warner’s final collection of short stories was originally published in The New Yorker, and appeared in book form in 1977. This reprint brings these sixteen sly and enchanting stories of Elfindom to a new readership, and shows Warner’s mastery of realist fantasy that recalls the success of her first novel, the witchcraft classic Lolly Willowes (1926). Warner explores the morals, domestic practices, politics and passions of the Kingdoms of Elfin by following their affairs with mortals, and their daring flights across the North Sea. The Kingdoms of Brocéliande in France, Zuy in the Low Countries, Gedanken in Austria and Blokula in Lappland entertain Ambassadors, hunt with wolves and rear changelings for the courtiers’ amusement. But love and hate strike at fairies of all ranks, as do poverty and the passions of the heart. Enter Elfindom with care. The Foreword is by the noted US fantasy author Greer Gilman, and the Introduction is by Ingrid Hotz-Davies. Warner (1893-1978) was one of the great 20th-century feminist modernist novelists, also a poet, a musicologist, and a Communist, and lived for most of her life in Dorset with her lover Valentine Ackland.
Copyright:
1977

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781999944827
Related ISBNs:
9781999944810
Publisher:
Handheld Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The estate of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Other contributors (2018).
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:
Kate Macdonald
Proofread By:
Kate Macdonald
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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