"No amount of mere description can convey more than a fraction of Lord
Dunsany's pervasive charm."--H.P. Lovecraft
With an introduction by Neil Gaiman
The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's
Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our
time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary
fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man
and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following
the "happily ever after."
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
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"I shall indeed be happy if this volume contributes to the rediscovery
of one of the greatest writers of this century."--Arthur C. Clarke
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"Del Rey is to be thanked for bringing these works back into print. No
one can understand modern fantasy without understanding its roots, and
Lord Dunsany's work is immediately significant as well as enjoyable even
today."--Katharine Kerr
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"A fantasy novel in a class with the Tolkien books."--L. Sprague de
Camp**