Name: The King of Elfland's Daughter
Rating: 3.5 (9 reviews)
ISBN: 9781981582822

Edward John Moreton Dunsany, Lord

Lord Lord Dunsany

The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the 'happily ever after.'

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

Kirsten Simkiss

I feel like this one, for me, deserves 3 stars. While the prose is beautiful and nearly poetic, there are full chapters of nothing happening whatsoever. It isn't something I would read again.

The plot centers around Lirazel, the King of Elfland's daughter, who runs away with a dashing prince to the world of men and elopes. They later have a son named Orion who is half of her world and half of Alveric's, her husband. When it is clear that her husband cannot accept her as she is, she allows her father's magic to spirit her back to Elfland. Immediately, her husband regrets it and travels to try and find her in the other world. In doing so, he leaves behind his son who grows into a hunter in his absence. When she finally realizes that she misses her family, she persuades the king, her father, that she does indeed miss her family. The end solution to this is simply moving the border to encompass her old kingdom in the human world.

Honestly, it's not really something I will ever read again, but it was nice to read it once. It's very Victorian and poetic. Its almost the written equivalent to classical music. If that sounds like your kind of thing, I wish you the joy of it.

The King of Elfland's daughter

Elizabeth McInerney 

Janice Hopper

The king of Elfland's daughter

Magnus Dahl

"In a class with the Tolkien books." — L. Sprague de Camp. One of fantasy literature's most influential works, this captivating tale of a young lord's quest for a fairy princess bride is the forerunner of modern sword and sorcery novels.

The King of Elfland's Daughter

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