The Dunsany, Lord 1878-1957 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Book of Wonder" by Lord Dunsany is a fantasy short story collection published in 1912. This unique work features fourteen tales written to accompany illustrations by Sidney Sime, who drew the pictures first. The stories transport readers to Dunsany's elementary yet terrible fantasy world, filled with jewel thieves, idolators, dragons, and mysterious creatures called gnoles. These tales influenced legendary writers like Tolkien and Lovecraft, showcasing Dunsany's imaginative storytelling that bridges the fantastical with psychological complexity and connections to the real world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Preface -- The Bride of the Man-Horse -- Distressing Tale of Thangobrind The Jeweller -- The House of the Sphinx -- Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men -- The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater -- The Loot of Bombasharna -- Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon Of Romance -- The Quest of the Queen's Tears -- The Hoard of the Gibbelins -- How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles -- How One Came, As Was Foretold, to the City Of Never -- The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap -- Chu-Bu and Sheemish -- The Wonderful Window -- Epilogue. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Wonder Release date is 2005-02-01 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charles Bidwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version produced by Chuck Greif. Original publication data not identified Fantasy fiction, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7477 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7477 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133208.0 7477