Kingdoms of Elfin consists of sixteen stories most of which appeared in the New Yorker in the early to mid 's. Warner's last work, it was published posthumously in The stories are loosely linked - an occasional character will appear in more than one story, a couple of Cited by: 2. KINGDOMS OF ELFIN, by Sylvia Townsend Warner Let us establish this at the very beginning: these are not Tolkien’s elves, neither the noble and aloof elves of The Lord of the Rings, not the passionate and reckless elves of the Silmarillion. Where they are passionate, it is of another type altogether. They are sophisticated, fashionable creatures, egotistical, and selfish, and even though capable of intense /5(54). · Originally published as short stories in The New Yorker, and first collected in , Kingdoms of Elfin was the last of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s books to be published in her lifetime. Although some of her books were among the first to be published.
Kingdoms of Elfin show Warner's consummate mastery of realist fantasy. Endorsed by Neil Gaiman and Greer Gilman, this new edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner's final collection of short stories brings her fantasy writing to a new readership. Kingdoms of Elfin is a short story collection by Sylvia Townsend Warner, published by the Viking Press in , a year before her death. Many of the stories appeared originally in The New Yorker during the s. The stories are an interconnected series of satirical fantasy stories detailing the manners of the fairy courts of Europe. The collection was Warner's last published work. Kingdoms of Elfin consists of sixteen stories most of which appeared in the New Yorker in the early to mid 's. Warner's last work, it was published posthumously in The stories are loosely linked - an occasional character will appear in more than one story, a couple of Elvin courts are the settings for multiple stories.
Kingdoms of Elfin is a short story collection by Sylvia Townsend Warner, published by the Viking Press in , a year before her death. Many of the stories appeared originally in The New Yorker during the s. The stories are an interconnected series of satirical fantasy stories detailing the manners of the fairy courts of Europe. Warner explores the morals, domestic practices, politics, and passions of the kingdoms of Elfin. Kingdoms of Elfin consists of sixteen stories most of which appeared in the New Yorker in the early to mid 's. Warner's last work, it was published posthumously in The stories are loosely linked - an occasional character will appear in more than one story, a couple of Elvin courts are the settings for multiple stories.
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