Fifty-One Tales

Fifty-One Tales

1915 • 108 pages

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Lord Dunsany earned literary fame through his otherworldly short stories. This book compiles fifty-one of them, without a seeming theme except that they’re extremely short—sometimes as short as a few paragraphs. The stories range from morality tales, to dreamlike vignettes, to gloomy prophecies told in a foreboding voice. A thread of bleak humor sometimes runs through them, like with much of Dunsany’s literary output.

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Fifty one short tales - a quick and fun read! Stories of all different types - and very enjoyable!

February 1, 2021