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The Book of Wonder

by Lord Dunsany (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett) (1878-1957)

“Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.” - Lord Dunsany, the preface to “The Book of Wonder”

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany
• LibriVox’s The Book of Wonder Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book(72 MB)
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Total running time: 2:29:54
Read by Greg Elmensdorp

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• 01 - Preface & The Bride of the Man-Horse - 00:12:06
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• 02 - Distressing Tale of Thangobrind The Jeweller - 00:09:36
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• 03 - The House of the Sphinx - 00:06:47
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• 04 - Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men - 00:09:50
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• 05 - The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater - 00:09:08
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• 06 - The Loot of Bombasharna - 00:10:50
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• 07 - Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon Of Romance - 00:07:35
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• 08 - The Quest of the Queen’s Tears - 00:13:00
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• 09 - The Hoard of the Gibbelins - 00:10:29
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• 10 - How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles - 00:12:01
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• 11 - How One Came, As Was Foretold, to the City Of Never - 00:12:00
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• 12 - The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap - 00:11:41
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• 13 - Chu-Bu and Sheemish - 00:10:41
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• 14 - The Wonderful Window — and Epilogue - 00:14:10
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Cataloged on June 24, 2007