The Book of Wonder

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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Title: The Book of Wonder Author: Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany Release Date: February, 2005 [EBook #7477] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on May 8, 2003] Edition: 10 Language: English

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THE BRIDE OF THE MAN-HORSE

PREFACE

Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.

CONTENTS 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