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Product Identifiers
PublisherBritish Library, T.H.E.
ISBN-100712354301
ISBN-139780712354301
eBay Product ID (ePID)13057242050
Product Key Features
Book TitleFearsome Fairies : Haunting Tales of the Fae
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHorror, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year2022
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorElizabeth Dearnley
Book SeriesBritish Library Hardcover Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight29.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-440235
Reviews"A fantastic collection of stories that really explores how rich and dark fairy literature can be. . . . A must have for fans of the fae." -- A Cat, a Book, and a Cup of Tea
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823/.0873808
Table Of ContentCONTENTS introduction 7 acknowledgements 18 1 The Banshee's Warning (1867) Charlotte Riddell 19 2 Laura Silver Bell (1872) J. Sheridan Le Fanu 43 3 The White People (1904) Arthur Machen 59 4 In the Closed Room (1904) Frances Hodgson Burnett 103 5 Lock-out Time (1906) J.M. Barrie 135 6 By the Yellow Moonrock (1921) Fiona Macleod 147 7 After Dark in the Playing Fields (1924) M.R. James 163 8 The Case of the Leannabh Sidhe (1945) Margery Lawrence 169 9 The Trod (1946) Algernon Blackwood 253 10 The Erl-King (1979) Angela Carter 287 11 Concerning a Boy and a Girl Emerging from the Earth (1980) Randolph Stow 299 12 In Yon Green Hill to Dwell (2014) Jane Alexander 321 appendix: The Cottingley Fairy Photographs 333
SynopsisFearsome Fairies taps into the enormous fascination with fairies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and includes cornerstone authors of the Weird genre such as Arthur Machen, M R James and Charlotte Riddell. You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as if they were searching for someone - who may be thankful, I think, if they do not find him. There was an enormous fascination with fairies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which popularised depictions of benevolent, butterfly-winged beings and glittering pantomime figures. But the fae have always had a more sinister side. Taking inspiration from folk tales and medieval legends, the works of weird tale and ghost story writers such as Arthur Machen, M. R. James, Angela Carter and Charlotte Riddell show that fairies, goblins and other supernatural entities could be something far more unsettling. Delving into a frightening realm of otherworldly creatures from banshees to changelings, this new collection of stories revives and revels in the fearsome power of the fairy folk.
LC Classification NumberPR1309.H6
