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Fantasy · Fiction

A Dreamer’s Tales

by Lord Dunsany

Dream cities and impossible kingdoms appear in compact tales poised between wonder and loss.

3 hr estimatedB2–C1 Linden levelRead now availability16 chapters
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Overview

About this book

These stories cross dream cities, deserts, haunted landscapes and impossible kingdoms before returning, sometimes abruptly, to ordinary life. Their concentrated images and open endings helped establish the modern fantasy short story.

First published
1910
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B2–C1 · Deep reading

A Dreamer’s Tales is calibrated from 36,843 sampled words across 16 chapters: sentences average 26.3 words, 44.4% exceed 24 words and 3.5% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Extended sentences averaging 26.3 words, with 18.3% reaching 40 words or more

Vocabulary

What may slow you down

3.5% of sampled words contain nine or more letters and about 1.9 marked archaic terms per thousand words; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Short commitment

Regular chapter-sized stopping points support a steady plan. About 7 calm 30-minute sessions.

Suggested approach

Read with momentum

Read in planned sessions and keep short notes on voice, structure and recurring images

Best starting point

Begin with chapter one

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Table of contents

16 chapters

  1. 01A Dreamer’s Tales · Part I11 min
  2. 02A Dreamer’s Tales · Part II10 min
  3. 03A Dreamer’s Tales · Part III11 min
  4. 04A Dreamer’s Tales · Part IV11 min
  5. 05A Dreamer’s Tales · Part V11 min
  6. 06A Dreamer’s Tales · Part VI12 min
  7. 07A Dreamer’s Tales · Part VII10 min
  8. 08A Dreamer’s Tales · Part VIII11 min
  9. 09A Dreamer’s Tales · Part IX11 min
  10. 10A Dreamer’s Tales · Part X11 min
  11. 11A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XI11 min
  12. 12A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XII10 min
  13. 13A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XIII10 min
  14. 14A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XIV10 min
  15. 15A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XV11 min
  16. 16A Dreamer’s Tales · Part XVI6 min
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Lord Dunsany

An Anglo-Irish writer whose invented pantheons and dreamlike tales strongly influenced twentieth-century fantasy.

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