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gon8go 's review for:
The King of Elfland's Daughter
by Lord Dunsany
That prose though!
I read this because I had heard it was a major influence on Tolkien and that was clear early on in the book. That said it wasn’t what I was expecting in two ways. First, what I thought would be the plot of the entire book basically amounted to a prologue. Second, it was written in the style of a classical fairy tale without much actual dialogue between characters, just a tale told as an account of the events that occurred. That said, the prose was amazing, nearly lyrical.
This deserves to be read more but it’s not the lord of the rings.
It seems like Tolkien merged this style with historical fiction to make his fantasy opus.
I read this because I had heard it was a major influence on Tolkien and that was clear early on in the book. That said it wasn’t what I was expecting in two ways. First, what I thought would be the plot of the entire book basically amounted to a prologue. Second, it was written in the style of a classical fairy tale without much actual dialogue between characters, just a tale told as an account of the events that occurred. That said, the prose was amazing, nearly lyrical.
This deserves to be read more but it’s not the lord of the rings.
It seems like Tolkien merged this style with historical fiction to make his fantasy opus.