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The King of Elfland's Daughter
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Publisher's Summary
"Go forth," he said, "before these days of mine are over, and therefore go in haste, and go from here eastwards and pass the fields we know, till you see the lands that clearly pertain to faery; and cross their boundary, which is made of twilight, and come to that palace that is only told of in song." "It is far from here," said the young man Alveric. "Yes," answered he, "it is far." "And further still," the young man said, "to return. For distances in those fields are not as here." "Even so," said his father. "What do you bid me do," said the son, "when I come to that palace?" And his father said: "To wed the King of Elfland's daughter."
It is said that Dunsany wrote his stories with a handmade quill in a single draft, and The King of Elfland’s Daughter is widely regarded as one of his greatest works. A fantasy classic which has influenced some of the most popular fantasy writers of all time, including J. R. R. Tolkien and Neil Gaiman, and one of the landmark pre-Tolkien fantasy stories written. It is noteworthy not only for its poetic literature and picturesque imagery, but also its exploration of Elfland, a land of fancy, immortality, and forbidden love.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
After 700 years of being ruled by man, the Parliament of Erl is ready to be ruled by a magical lord. Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord of Erl sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland’s daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. Alveric makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower than the real world, wins her hand, and they return to Erl together. Alveric and Lirazel marry and have a son, but marriage between a mortal and a fairy princess is never simple. Lirazel struggles to adapt to the customs of humans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant at times, but disjointed. Great narrator
- By Josh Angel on 12-09-20
By: Lord Dunsany
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The Dunsany Mythos
- The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by influential fantasy writer Lord Dunsany. In a series of short vignettes, Lord Dunsany invents a pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna and chronicles the history of their imagined universe. It was followed by a further collection, Time and the Gods. In lush language and dreamlike prose, Lord Dunsany’s talents are on full display as he lays the groundwork for the fantasy genre. The Dunsany Mythos features the complete contents of The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods in a single audiobook edition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For those who long for myth & lore
- By Misty J. on 10-22-21
By: Lord Dunsany
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In the Land of Time
- And Other Fantasy Tales
- By: Lord Dunsany, S.T. Joshi - editor
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades of work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great entertainment and narrator!
- By G. L. Davis on 06-13-19
By: Lord Dunsany, and others
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The King of Elfland's Daughter & The Gods of Pagana
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The King of Elfland's Daughter is one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time. Lord Dunsany, in his inventive, poetic style, tells the heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess. This masterpiece has influenced some of our greatest contemporary fantasists, including Neil Gaiman, J.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K. Le Guin, and C.L. Moore, who stated: "No one can imitate Dunsany, and probably everyone who's ever read him has tried." Dunsany's "The Gods of Pegana" follows "The King of Elfland's Daughter."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this recording!
- By Listens-a-lot on 11-08-22
By: Lord Dunsany
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The Worm Ouroboros
- By: E. R. Eddison
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
E.R. Edison’s The Worm Ouroboros inspired the epic-fantasy that followed him. This production is of the first edition (1922). The Lords of Demonland are celebrating Lord Juss’s birthday when an envoy arrives from Witchland. He brings demands from King Gorice XI of Witchland that the Lords of Demonland “kiss his toe, and acknowledge him to be their King and they, his ill-conditioned, disobedient children”. The Lords of Demonland reject this utterly and, to settle the matter, they challenge King Gorice to a wrestling match against their champion, Lord Goldry Bluszco.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heavy in language but light in heart
- By Ray Johnson on 05-05-18
By: E. R. Eddison
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The Gods Of Pegana
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gods of Pegana is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905. The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegana, and was a huge influence on authors such as Lovecraft and Tolkien. This is one of my favorite works of weird fantasy fiction by Lord Dunsany, and is a masterful cosmological piece of indulgent prose that actually contains some sublime wisdom between the lines.
By: Lord Dunsany
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The Charwoman's Shadow
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Set in a fairy-tale version of medieval Spain, the story follows Ramon Alonzo's initiation to the "Dark Arts" with a magician in order to procure the gold necessary for his sister's dowry. He befriends his master's charwoman, an old, despairing figure who has given up her shadow in exchange for immortal life. Ramon vows to help her while staying true to his initial purpose of helping his sister who, as it turns out, is willing to embrace her shadows in order to choose her own destiny...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming Fairy Tale & Narration
- By Ian elgar on 12-28-22
By: Lord Dunsany
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A Case of Conscience
- By: James Blish
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 98
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 98
Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man - a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics...until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confronted with a profound scientific riddle and ethical quandary, Father Ruiz-Sanchez soon finds himself torn.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Moldy Oldie still gets it done
- By Bob V. on 03-22-09
By: James Blish
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The Dying Earth
- Tales of the Dying Earth, Book 1
- By: Jack Vance
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 961
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 838
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Story4 out of 5 stars 845
The stories in The Dying Earth introduce dozens of seekers of wisom and beauty, lovely lost women, wizards of every shade of eccentricity with their runic amulets and spells. We meet the melancholy deodands, who feed on human flesh and the twk-men, who ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. Each being is morally ambiguous: The evil are charming, the good are dangerous. All are at home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Decadent and Hopeful Dying Earth
- By Jefferson on 06-27-10
By: Jack Vance
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Blood Music
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 467
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 399
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Story4 out of 5 stars 401
Vergil's innovative experiment restructuring the cells of a common virus becomes a nightmare when, in order to save his research, Vergil injects the entire culture into his bloodstream.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THOUGHT UNIVERSE
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 08-01-15
By: Greg Bear
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Swords and Deviltry
- The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
- By: Fritz Leiber
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman (introduction)
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,822
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,272
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,278
In the ancient city of Lankhmar, two men forge a friendship in battle. The red-haired barbarian Fafhrd left the snowy reaches of Nehwon looking for a new life, while the Gray Mouser, apprentice magician, fled after finding his master dead. These bawdy brothers-in-arms cement a friendship that leads them through the wilds of Nehwon facing thieves, wizards, princesses, and the depths of their desires and fears.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fafhrd/Gray Mouser
- By melody333 on 08-21-08
By: Fritz Leiber
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Sent forth on a quest to bring magic to the Vale of Erl, the young lord Alveric obtains a sword of thunderbolt iron, and crosses the twilight border into Elfland, returning with the beautiful Princess Lirazel as his bride. But, for two people from different worlds, however much in love, happiness is not guaranteed, and in the fields, we know, where all things are subject to the remorseless march of time, nothing truly lives happily ever after.
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4 out of 5 stars
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When Worlds and Magic Collide
- By AudioBookReviewer on 11-23-21
By: Lord Dunsany
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The Book of Wonder
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Leo McQueen
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The Book 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Between Chapters
- By Nick Baker on 11-09-22
By: Lord Dunsany
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Lud-in-the-Mist
- By: Hope Mirrlees
- Narrated by: Stacey Lind
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In the land of Dorimare, on the shores of the Dapple and the Dawl, the law-abiding residents of Lud-in-the-Mist are plagued by an illegal influx of fairy fruit enticing people to acts of poetry, dancing, and other dangerous flights of fancy. When respectable Mayor Nathaniel Chanticleer finds his family entangled in the scandal, he must call upon both his sharp legal mind and his unacknowledged creative spirit to craft a reconciliation with the Faerie. Dare to embrace your wild side in this classic fantasy. Suitable for ages eight and up.
By: Hope Mirrlees
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The Face in the Frost
- By: John Bellairs
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Prospero, a tall, skinny misfit of a wizard, lives in the South Kingdom - a patchwork of feuding duchies and small manors, all loosely loyal to one figurehead king. Along with his necromancer friend Roger Bacon, who has been on a quest to find a mysterious book, Prospero must flee his home to escape ominous pursuers. Thus begins an adventure that will lead him to a grove where his old rival, Melichus, is falsely rumored to be buried and to a less-than-hospitable inn in the town of Five Dials - and ultimately into a dangerous battle with origins in a magical glass paperweight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny, delightful, fantasy for adults
- By Elisabeth Carey on 03-16-19
By: John Bellairs
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A Fire Upon the Deep
- By: Vernor Vinge
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,930
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,514
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,522
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a wild, wacky, awesome book!
- By Noah on 06-20-10
By: Vernor Vinge
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Downward to the Earth
- By: Robert Silverberg
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 627
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 561
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 559
Gundersen returns to Holman’s World seeking atonement for his harsh years as colonial governor. But now this lush, exotic planet of mystery is called by its ancient name of Belzagor, and it belongs once again to its native alien races, the nildoror and the sulidoror. Drawn by its spell, Gundersen begins a harrowing pilgrimage to its mist-shrouded north to witness a strange ritual rebirth that will alter him forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fantastic adaptation of Heart of darkness
- By David Kent Watson on 08-13-17
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The Boat of a Million Years
- By: Poul Anderson
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 166
Others have written science fiction on the theme of immortality, but in The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on—unaging, undying—through the centuries and millennia. This story follows them over two thousand years, up to our time and beyond—to the promise of utopia, and to the challenge of the stars.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narration
- By Genevieve on 12-03-11
By: Poul Anderson
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After 700 years of being ruled by man, the Parliament of Erl is ready to be ruled by a magical lord. Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord of Erl sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland’s daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. Alveric makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower than the real world, wins her hand, and they return to Erl together. Alveric and Lirazel marry and have a son, but marriage between a mortal and a fairy princess is never simple. Lirazel struggles to adapt to the customs of humans.
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