Kingdoms of Elfin

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Kingdoms of Elfin is a 1977 fantasy short story collection by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays intricate, often darkly comic fairy courts and their politics.

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instanceOf fantasy literature work ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Sylvia Townsend Warner ⓘ
centralTheme courtly ritual ⓘ
cruelty and caprice ⓘ
detachment from human concerns ⓘ
immortality of fairies ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts court politics ⓘ
fairy courts ⓘ
firstPublicationType book ⓘ
followedBy The Music at Long Verney ⓘ
genre fairy tale fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasCoverArtist unknown ⓘ
hasForm short stories ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later fairy politics fantasy ⓘ
hasPart “The Blameless Triangle” ⓘ
“The Castle of Carabas” ⓘ
“The Climate of Exile” ⓘ
“The Duke of Orkney’s Leonardo” ⓘ
“The Five Black Swans” ⓘ
“The Fox at the Manger” ⓘ
“The King of the Oakwoods” ⓘ
“The Late Sir Glamie” ⓘ
“The Mortal Milk” ⓘ
“The Occupation of the Statesman” ⓘ
“The Occupation” ⓘ
“The One and the Other” ⓘ
“The Power of Cookery” ⓘ
“The Revolt at Brocéliande” ⓘ
“The Search for an Ancestress” ⓘ
“The Travelling Companions” ⓘ
hasReprint New York Review Books Classics edition ⓘ
Virago Modern Classics edition ⓘ
linked to: Virago
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle ironic ⓘ
wry ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third person ⓘ
notableFor blend of whimsy and cruelty ⓘ
detailed depiction of fairy societies ⓘ
partOf late works of Sylvia Townsend Warner ⓘ
publicationYear 1977 ⓘ
publisher Chatto & Windus ⓘ
setting various fairy kingdoms ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ

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Sylvia Townsend Warner → wrote → Kingdoms of Elfin ⓘ