The Book of Wonder — ranked audiobook

This week’s list includes The Book of Wonder, from Lord Dunsany. Press play and stay for every chapter.

The Recording of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, who is considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. The book collects 14 fantasy short stories. Lord Dunsany employed the talents of Sidney Sime to illustrate his fantasy short story collections, but The Book of Wonder’ s unique in that Sydney Sime drew the illustrations first, and Lord Dunsany wrote the narratives afterward. Public Domain (P)2019 Museum Audiobooks

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