![]() ![]() ![]() Its archaic touch is courtesy of Dunsany's abiding love for the language of the King James Bible and his admiration of an earlier fantasy author, William Morris. It is full of phrases to savor like the lines of a poem, and almost demands to be read slowly. I can't get over it, and apparently it has taken many other readers the same way. And Lirazel languishes amidst the astonishing beauty of her father's realm, sighing for earthly things.Oh, Dunsany's writing. Everything seems ordinary until Orion begins to hear the horns of Elfland, and hunts his first unicorn. Alveric sets out on a hopeless quest to bring her back, while Orion grows up and becomes a hunter. Eventually her father's powerful rune compels her to leave her husband and son Orion for the ageless calm of Elfland. Alveric crosses over into Elfland and wins the King of Elfland's daughter, but Lirazel is restless in the mortal world. It tells how the parliament of Erl asks its lord Alveric to bring magic to their isolated valley. This is Dunsany's second novel and probably the most famous among his large body of work. Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, first published in 1924, is widely acknowledged as a classic work of fantasy fiction. ![]()
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