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A rich & varied collection of the best short fantasy fiction of the last two centuries. Escape into the fantastic worlds of Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie, Graham Greene, Harlan Ellison, and others found in these 38 magical tales.

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Publisher
Longmeadow Press
Language
English

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Cover of: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
1994, St. Martin's Press
in English
Cover of: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
September 1993, Longmeadow Press
Hardcover in English - Bonded Lth edition
Cover of: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
1989, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
in English
Cover of: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Cover of: MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY AND WONDER-38 OF THE BEST SHORT STORY FANTASY FICTION
Cover of: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
1989, Guild America Books
in English

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Table of Contents

ENCHANTMENTS
Green Is the Color / John M. Ford
Wooden Tony / Lucy Clifford
Lest Levitation Come upon Us / Suzette Haden Elgin
Prince Bull / Charles Dickens
The Triumph of Vice / W. S. Gilbert
Turandina / Fyodor Sologub
The Princess and the Frog / Robin Mckinkey
Darkness Box / Ursula K. Leguin
Jack and the Beanstalk / Osbert Sitwell
Peter Pan ; the Thrush's Nest ; Lock-out Time / J. M. Barrie
The Mouse Festival / Johannes Bobrowski
A Proper Santa Claus / Anne Mccaffrey
Inside out / Rudy Rucker
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime / Mark Twain
The Woman Who Thought She Could Read / Avram Davidson
The Third Level / Jack Finney
CREATURES
The Griffin and the Minor Canon / Frank R. Stockton
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles / Margaret St. Clair
The Dragons / Murilo Rubaio
On the Downhill Side / Harlan Ellison
The Parrot / Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Gray Wolf / George Macdonald
The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath / Patricia A. McKillip
The Last of the Dragons / Edith Nesbit
Lila the Werewolf / Peter S. Beagle
The Drowned Giant / J. G. Ballard
WORLDS
The Enchanted Buffalo / L. Frank Baum
Narrow Valley / R. A. Lafferty
Beyond the Dead Reef / James Tiptree, Jr.
The King's Bride / E. T. A. Hoffmann
Under the Garden / Graham Greene
ADVENTURES
The Things That Are Gods / John Brunner
The King of Nodland and His Dwarf / Fitz-James O'Brien
The Seventeen Virgins; the Bagful of Dreams / Jack Vance
The Hollow Land / William Morris

Edition Notes

Series
Contemporary Bonded Leather Fibers Series

Classifications

Library of Congress
PN6120.95.F25 M3 1993

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.8 x 1.8 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7718864M
Internet Archive
masterpiecesoffa0000unse_e7p2
ISBN 10
0681417390
ISBN 13
9780681417397
Library Thing
38381
Goodreads
2545760

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