Wonder Tales The Book of Wonder and Tales of

One of English literature's most original talents, Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany, created many of the best fantastic tales in the language. This collection of 33 stories includes all of the tales from two of his finest collections, including "The Three Sailors' Gambit," and "The House of the Sphinx."

The Book of Wonder

The Bride of the Man-Horse

1

(4)

Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller

5

(4)

The House of the Sphinx

9

(3)

Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men

12

(4)

The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater

16

(4)

The Loot of Bombasharna

20

(4)

Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance

24

(3)

The Quest of the Queen's Tears

27

(5)

The Hoard of the Gibbelins

32

(4)

How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles

36

(5)

How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never

41

(4)

The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap

45

(4)

Chu-bu and Sheemish

49

(4)

The Wonderful Window

53

(5)

Epilogue

58

(3)

Tales of Wonder

A Tale of London

61

(3)

Thirteen at Table

64

(8)

The City on Mallington Moor

72

(7)

Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn

79

(3)

The Bad Old Woman in Black

82

(2)

The Bird of the Difficult Eye

84

(4)

The Long Porter's Tale

88

(5)

The Bureau d'Echange de Maux

93

(4)

A Story of Land and Sea

97

(21)

The Loot of Loma

118

(4)

A Tale of the Equator

122

(3)

A Narrow Escape

125

(2)

The Watch-Tower

127

(3)

The Secret of the Sea

130

(4)

How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire

134

(2)

The Three Sailors' Gambit

136

(8)

How Ali Came to the Black Country

144

(4)

The Exiles' Club

148

(5)

The Three Infernal Jokes

153

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