Of Cats and Elfins
Following the success of Kingdoms of Elfin in October 2018, this collection includes the remaining four Elfin stories along with the remarkable forgotten tales of The Cat’s Cradle Book, eighty years after its first publication.
The twenty-three stories in Of Cats and Elfins encompass scholarship, black humor, the Gothic, and the bizarrely anthropomorphic cats of The Cat’s Cradle Book, which reflect Warner’s preoccupation with the dark forces at large in Europe in the later 1930s. Warner mixes fables and myths with storytelling traditions old and new to express her unease with modern society, and its cruelties and injustices.
A new selection of Warner’s remaining fantasy short stories, collected for a new generation of fantasy enthusiasts and Warner fans.
“Sylvia Townsend Warner was one of our finest writers.” – Neil Gaiman
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as Lolly Willowes and The Corner That Held Them. She was in a lifelong relationship with Valentine Ackland, a poet and Communist activist, and participated in the Spanish Civil War.
Handheld Fantasy Classics
Handheld Fantasy Classics consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
