The King of Elfland's Daughter

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The King of Elfland's Daughter

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Has anybody read it or anythign else from Lord Dunsany. I am kind of interested in reading the books and am currious
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Kitsune wrote:Has anybody read it or anythign else from Lord Dunsany. I am kind of interested in reading the books and am currious
Unfortunately, no. He's a hard one to find.

Especially when I read the title and my mind goes to a song that the Filk/Folk band "Pheonix" did by the same name :D
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There is a 1999 reprint which I can get fairly cheaply but I am trying to get some opinions on it
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Thomas Paine

"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
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