Kingdoms of Elfin (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Pre-Christian times through the nineteenth century
- Setting: Various places in Europe
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Changelings or cuckoos, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Other worlds, Fairies
- Locales: Europe
The Plot
Sylvia Townsend Warner, although a British writer, first published in The New Yorker all but two (“The Climate of Exile” and “The Late Sir Glamie”) of the sixteen stories included in Kingdoms of Elfin. The characters are different in each of the stories, although a few appear in more than one. Beliard, for example, is a minor character in “The Mortal Milk” but the central character of “Beliard.” Several stories are set at the elfin court of Brocéliande in Brittany (in northwestern France), a place familiar to readers because of its...
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