Lud-in-the-Mist (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Hope Mirrlees
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital of Dorimare
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Parents and children, Folkloric or magical people, Law or legislation, Fathers, Edible plants, Fruit, Rescue, Fairies
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Bordered on the West by the Debatable Hills and Fairyland, Lud- in-the-Mist is governed by Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, the High Seneschal. Although he is outwardly pleasant and kind, Nathaniel is inwardly unhappy. His unhappiness began several years earlier, when he and some of his friends dressed up for a party as ghosts of their ancestors. An amateur musician, he seized the opportunity to play his lute. Plucking one of the strings rather harshly, Nathaniel heard “the Note,” a dissonant pitch that menaced the harmonious, predictable, and prosaic nature of his...
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