A review by jay_the_hippie
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany

3.0

I wanted to read this because I heard that H.P. Lovecraft felt Lord Dunsany was one of the two people who really influenced his storytelling (the other being Poe). I can definitely see that connection (word choice to set the scene, ancients gods, cities, and lands, and even a dream land), but these stories are so much brighter and cheerier than those of Lovecraft... it really surprised me. I really enjoyed these magical tales; they're mostly the sort of stories I'd be willing to read aloud to my kids, expecting questions about vocabulary. "The Kith of the Elves" was one of my favorites.