{"product_id":"classic-fantasy-stories-9781035026432","title":"Classic Fantasy Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the eerie to the magical by way of the deeply strange, this collection of short stories is a must for all fantasy fans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOscar Wilde's\u003ci\u003e The Happy Prince\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the great fairy tale tradition. Elizabeth Gaskell's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a taste of the Gothic whilst H.P. Blavatsky journeys into the weird. The effects of war and loss are keenly felt by Arthur Machen in his moving story, \u003ci\u003eThe Bowmen\u003c\/i\u003e. And in Victorian times, children's writers such as Edith Nesbit spin the most charming fantastical tales in stories like\u003ci\u003e The Dragon Tamers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese amazing feats of imagination brilliantly showcase the many facets of fantasy writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcademic and writer Farah Mendlesohn is an acclaimed expert and prolific author on speculative fiction and fantasy literature. She is co-editor of the Hugo Award Winning \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and author of the Hugo nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein\u003c\/i\u003e. Mendlesohn is currently working on a monograph about the radical children's writer Geoffrey Trease, and a short book about Joanna Russ's \u003ci\u003eThe Female Man\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692313743634,"sku":"9781035026432","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b621ccc-8631-47e8-a887-f8fdf2e7b903.jpg?v=1734121130","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/classic-fantasy-stories-9781035026432","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}