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Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae

Elizabeth Dearnley

4.13/5 (127 ratings)

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'You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as if they were searching for someone - who may be thankful, I think, if they do not find him.'There was an enormous fascination with fairies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which popularised depictions of benevolent winged friends and things of fragile beauty. But in wider folklore, the creatures of the fey are of a much more unsettling and otherworldly stock. Taking inspiration from folk tales and medieval legends, writers of weird tales and ghost stories such as Arthur Machen, M R James and Charlotte Riddell proved that fairies, elves, goblins and their ilk were something to be feared and respected as our ancestors did.

This new collection of stories pairs strange creatures with frightening encounters to revive the fearsome past of the fairy folk.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 336 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: British Library Publishing

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0712354301

ISBN13:: 9780712354301

kindle Asin:: 0712354301

Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae

Elizabeth Dearnley

4.13/5 (127 ratings)

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'You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as if they were searching for someone - who may be thankful, I think, if they do not find him.'There was an enormous fascination with fairies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which popularised depictions of benevolent winged friends and things of fragile beauty. But in wider folklore, the creatures of the fey are of a much more unsettling and otherworldly stock. Taking inspiration from folk tales and medieval legends, writers of weird tales and ghost stories such as Arthur Machen, M R James and Charlotte Riddell proved that fairies, elves, goblins and their ilk were something to be feared and respected as our ancestors did.

This new collection of stories pairs strange creatures with frightening encounters to revive the fearsome past of the fairy folk.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 336 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: British Library Publishing

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0712354301

ISBN13:: 9780712354301

kindle Asin:: 0712354301

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