The Book of Wonder (version 2)

Lord Dunsany (1878 - 1957)

The Book of Wonder (1912) is an amazing collection of fourteen tales by one of the pioneers and masters of the fantasy genre Lord Dunsany. Strangeness and humor abound in these delightful stories that were influential to many writers including H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Fritz Leiber among others.-Erik

Genre(s): Fantasy Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface and the Bride of the Man Horse Sandra Cullum
00:13:42
Play 02 Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller Sandra Cullum
00:11:25
Play 03 The House of the Sphinx Sandra Cullum
00:07:34
Play 04 Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men Sandra Cullum
00:11:17
Play 05 The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolator Sandra Cullum
00:10:27
Play 06 The Loot of Bombasharna Sandra Cullum
00:12:01
Play 07 Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance Sandra Cullum
00:08:32
Play 08 The Quest of the Queen's Tears Sandra Cullum
00:14:11
Play 09 The Hoard of the Gibbelins Sandra Cullum
00:12:00
Play 10 How Nuth would have Practised his Art Upon the Gnoles Sandra Cullum
00:13:42
Play 11 How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never Sandra Cullum
00:13:04
Play 12 The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap Sandra Cullum
00:12:57
Play 13 Chu-Bu and Sheemish Sandra Cullum
00:11:30
Play 14 The Wonderful Window and Epilogue Sandra Cullum
00:14:24