The Charwoman's Shadow
Gelesen von Michele Fry
Lord Dunsany
(4,533 Sterne; 15 Bewertungen)
Delightfully imaginative, somewhat similar to Dunsany's blockbuster fantasy novel, The King Of Elfland's Daughter (and published just two years after it), this equally entertaining, verbally voluptuous tale brings us in touch with the heraldry, artistry, and superstitions of the bygone Golden Age of Spain; with the magical arts of ancient times-- alchemy, wizardry, potions, forest creatures that go bump in the night, quests for esoteric knowledge, use of the Philosopher's Stone, and the Catholic church's war against the 'Black Art". Above all, Dunsany explores the many mysterious properties of shadows, and warns what havoc might befall you if you lose yours. Published in 1926. (Summary by Michele Fry) (7 hr 51 min)
Chapters
XXVII. They Dread That A Witch Has Ridden from the Country Towards Moon's Rising
23:41
Read by Michele Fry
Bewertungen
Lord Dunzany is a relic of the past
the transnationalist justice warrior
(4,5 Sterne)
Lord Dunsany writes with a majesty that is now very much frowned upon. Today's reader does not want to experience finely crafted sentences that bring the listener into strange worlds of magical surrealist wonder. Today's listener demands fewer big words and a more inclusive sentence structure and plot. Today's listener demands all tales be discourses railing against the phalogocentric fascist world hegemony embodied in the evil that is Donald Trump. The author completely ignored the plight of undocumented guest worker children separated from their parents. Lord Dunsany is an Aldolf Hitler. -This post sponsored by Jeff Bezos who has lotsa stories carefully curated to be 2sLGBTQTIA+ adjacent, and available to purchase from Audible (tm) km
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storyteller
(5 Sterne)
Thank you Michelle Fry. I enjoyed listening more than once. Lord Dunsany writes for my imagination. Imagine this - “Who will believe in a beauty he cannot see?Withered infirmity claims pity, and he had given it to her in the full. But beauty demands love. Could he give that to a legend of beauty, to an old woman’s tale?” Or this one- “The moments on which their life depended went wasting away.” This is another favorite, “ He would take from the spell-locked box, some potent weapon of wizardry and loosen its deadly power.” Beautiful imagery. Spellbinding story. Thank you Librivox
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Bung
(2 Sterne)
Oldish English with weird reader can’t listen to this anymore.