FULL AUDIOBOOK: Fifty One Tales
Kay Mack Reads
This collection of short stories was originally published in 1915, but the modern reader will find much in common the themes presented throughout the work. Dunsany expresses deep concern about the changing world about him, worrying at how increasing industrialization affects the natural world. He also has a keen awareness of the impermanence of human achievements, with many stories touching on how time has erased most of human accomplishments and how so little really lasts. His work is infused with humor, melancholy, and poetic turns of phrase. The work is as relevant today as it was when it...
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The Tomb of Pan
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Pan is dead, that much is certain. Ignore the laughter coming from the hills.
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What We Have Come To
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What do we prioritize? What should we prioritize?
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Compromise
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A Palace and and the lair of an Earthquake. What could possible go wrong?
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The Three Tall Sons
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You may easily turn the mother away, but her sons will come to you no matter what you do.
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The Messengers
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The muses care not for the lives of who they call and they will not be ignored. The message is all that matters.
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The Song of the Blackbird
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The Poet delights in the Blackbird’s song, but the Wanderer is less than impressed.
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Nature and Time
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Nature reproaches Time, much to Time’s annoyance.
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The Return of the Exiles
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Two men return to Stonehenge, one last time to make a sacrifice. I try and leave it before they notice me.
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Lobster Salad
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It is not so easy to escape a dream.
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