The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

BookDer Königssohn
EditorAnn VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Introduction byAnn VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue)VanderMeer Creative, Inc.
PublisherPenguin Random House LLC
Contributing WriterBettina von Arnim, The Brothers Grimm, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Washington Irving, Charles Nodier, Mary Shelley, Théophile Gautier, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Charles Dickens, Nikolai Gogol, Edgar Allan Poe, Anonymous, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jules Verne, Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, George MacDonald, Fitz-James O'Brien, Christina Rossetti, Hans Christian Andersen, Aleksis Kivi, Lewis Carroll, Carmen Sylva, Leo Tolstoy, Charles W. Chesnutt, Frank Richard Stockton, Oscar Wilde, H. P. Blavatsky, Marcel Schwob, Rabindranath Tagore, Eric, Count Stenbock, Edith Wharton, Vernon Lee, Madeline Yale Wynne, H. G. Wells, Willa Cather, Kenneth Grahame, Zitkála Šá, Louis Fréchette, Paul Scheerbart, Arthur Machen, Gustav Meyrink, Grazia Deledda, G. K. Chesterton, E. Nesbit, Алексей Михайлович Ремизов, W. E. B. Du Bois, Fernán Caballero, E. M. Forster, E. Pauline Johnson, William Hope Hodgson, L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Lord Dunsany, A. Merritt, E. F. Benson, Franz Blei, Horacio Quiroga, Francis Stevens, Stella Benson, Ефим Давидович Зозуля, David Lindsay, Maurice Renard, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, E. R. Eddison, Der Nister, W. B. Laughead, Alexander Grin, Robert E. Howard, Edogawa Rampo, Vladimir Nabokov, Karel Čapek, Lao She, Mourning Dove, Zora Neale Hurston, María Teresa León, Bruno Schulz, Fernand Dumont, Hagiwara Sakutarō, Leonora Carrington, Fritz Leiber, John Collier, Clark Ashton Smith, Marcel Aymé, J.R.R. Tolkien
Cover Art byGrandville
Copyright Holder (Compilation) VanderMeer Creative, Inc.
Translated byGio Clairval, Minsoo Kang, Sophie Lewis, Marian and James Womack, Dagmar Herrmann, Ekaterina Sedia, Ian Johnston (2), Joseph Tomaras, David Hackston, W. C. Bamberger, John Curran Davis, Kit Schluter
ImprintVintage Books
Distributed by/Director of DistributionPenguin Random House Canada Limited
SeriesFafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Cover/Jacket Design byJoe Montgomery
Formate-Book
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
Copyright2019
ISBN 139780525435570
ChaptersCover Also Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer The Queen’s Son by Bettina von Arnim Hans-My-Hedgehog by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm The Story of the Hard Nut by E.T.A. Hoffmann Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving The Luck of the Bean-Rows by Charles Nodier Transformation by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Nest of Nightingales by Théophile Gautier The Fairytale About a Dead Body, Belonging to No One Knows Whom by Vladimir Odoevsky The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens The Nose by Nikolai Gogol The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe The Story of Jeon Unchi by Anonymous Feathertop: A Moralized Legend by Nathaniel Hawthorne Master Zacharius by Jules Verne The Frost-King: Or, The Power of Love by Louisa May Alcott The Tartarus of Maids by Herman Melville The Magic Mirror by George MacDonald The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti The Will-o’-the-Wisps Are in Town by Hans Christian Andersen The Legend of the Pale Maiden by Aleksis Kivi Looking-Glass House by Lewis Carroll Furnica, or the Queen of the Ants by Carmen Sylva The Story of Iván the Fool by Leo Tolstoy The Goophered Grapevine by Charles W. Chestnutt The Bee-Man of Orn by Frank R. Stockton The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde The Ensouled Violin by H. P. Blavatskaya The Death of Odjigh by Marcel Schwob The Terrestrial Fire by Marcel Schwob The Kingdom of Cards by Rabindranath Tagore The Other Side: A Breton Legend by Count Eric Stanlislaus Stenbock The Fulness of Life by Edith Wharton Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady by Vernon Lee The Little Room by Madeline Yale Wynne The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells The Princess Baladina—Her Adventure by Willa Cather The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame Iktomi Tales by Zitkala-Ša Marionettes by Louis Fréchette Dance of the Comets: An Astral Pantomime in Two Acts by Paul Scheerbart The White People by Arthur Machen Blamol by Gustav Meyrink Goblins: A Logging Camp Story by Louis Fréchette Sowbread by Grazia Deledda The Angry Street by G. K. Chesterton The Aunt and Amabel by E. Nesbit Sacrifice by Aleksey Remizov The Princess Steel by W. E. B. Du Bois The Hump by Fernán Caballero The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster The Legend of the Ice Babies by E. Pauline Johnson The Last Redoubt by William Hope Hodgson Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse by L. Frank Baum The Plant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs Strange News from Another Star by Hermann Hesse The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Hoard of the Gibbelins by Lord Dunsany Through the Dragon Glass by A. Merritt David Blaize and the Blue Door by E. F. Benson The Big Bestiary of Modern Literature by Franz Blei The Alligator War by Horacio Quiroga Friend Island by Francis Stevens Magic Comes to a Committee by Stella Benson Gramophone of the Ages by Yefim Zozulya Joiwind by David Lindsay Sound in the Mountain by Maurice Renard Sennin by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Koshtra Pivrarcha by E. R. Eddison At the Border by Der Nister The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan by W. B. Laughead Talkative Domovoi by Aleksandr Grin The Ratcatcher by Aleksandr Grin The Shadow Kingdom by Robert E. Howard The Man Traveling with the Brocade Portrait by Edogawa Ranpo A Visit to the Museum by Vladimir Nabokov The Water Sprite’s Tale by Karel Čapek The Capital of Cat Country by Lao She Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove Uncle Monday by Zora Neale Hurston Rose-Cold, Moon Skater by María Teresa León A Night of the High Season by Bruno Schulz The Influence of the Sun by Fernand Dumont The Town of Cats by Hagiwara Sakutarō The Debutante by Leonora Carrington The Jewels in the Forest by Fritz Leiber Evening Primrose by John Collier The Coming of the White Worm by Clark Ashton Smith The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls by Marcel Aymé Leaf by Niggle by J. R. R. Tolkien Acknowledgments Permissions About the Translators About the Editors
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