''The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories'' is the third book by
Anglo-Irish fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
writer
Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
,
H. P. Lovecraft,
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
, and others. It was first published in hardcover by
George Allen & Sons in October 1908, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the
Modern Library
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in a combined edition with ''A Dreamer's Tales'' as ''A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories'' in 1917.
The book is a series of short stories. One of the stories, "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth", was afterwards (1910) published by itself as a separate book, a now very-rare "
Art-and-Craft"-style limited edition.
Contents
:*"The Sword of Welleran"
:*"The Fall of Babbulkund"
:*"The Kith of the Elf-Folk"
:*"The Highwayman"
:*"In the Twilight"
:*"The Ghosts"
:*"The Whirlpool"
:*"The Hurricane"
:*"The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth"
:*"The Lord of Cities"
:*"The Doom of La Traviata"
:*"On the Dry Land"
Sources
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External links
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1908 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
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