The Dragon MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Works

By Kenneth Grahame and H.P. Lovecraft

Dragons have thrilled the imagination since the days of ancient Greece and Rome. From heroes like Hercules to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, from Frodo in The Hobbit to St. George, generations of heroes -- real and fictional -- have sought to slay the Great Worms and plunder their treasure troves. This volume collects 25 modern and classic works about dragons (plus a bonus short poem), from Beowulf to the Brothers Grimm, from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" to modern tales great new writers like Michael Kurland and Gary Lovisi. Included are:

SYMPATHY FOR DRAGONS, by John Gregory Betancourt

THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS, by The Brothers Grimm

THE FIFTY-FIRST DRAGON, by Heywood Broun

THE SLAYING OF THE MONSTER, by R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft

THE KING OF THE FISHES, by Joseph Jacobs

THE STUDENT WHO WAS FORCIBLY MADE KING, by Anonymous

OF MICE & DRAGONS, by Gary Lovisi

THE DRAGON OF THE NORTH, by Andrew Lang

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON, by Kenneth Grahame

JOHN THE TRUE, by Joseph Jacobs

VERNAN'S DRAGON, by John Gregory Betancourt

HOW THE DRAGON WAS TRICKED, by J. G. von Hahn

LILY AND THE LION, by the Brothers Grimm

LILY AND THE DRAGON, by Michael Kurland

THE PRINCE AND THE DRAGON, by Andrew Lang

WHY THE RED DRAGON IS THE EMBLEM OF WALES, by W. Jenkyn Thomas

JABBERWOCKY, by Lewis Carroll

THE DRAGON'S TEETH, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY, by Henry Carey

THE LAST OF THE DRAGONS, by E. Nesbit

THE DRAGON OF LA TRINITA, by Mary Lovett Cameron

THE LITTLE BULL-CALF, by Andrew Lang

RICH PETER THE PEDLAR, by George Webbe Dasent

THE TWO BROTHERS, by The Brothers Grimm

THE MANDELBROT DRAGON, by Mary A. Turzillo

THE TALE OF BEOWULF, by Anonymous (translated by William Morris)

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Feb 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781479402847

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was a Scottish author of children’s literature. Following the death of his mother at a young age, Grahame was sent to live with his grandmother in Berkshire, England, in a home near the River Thames. Unable to study at Oxford due to financial reasons, Grahame embarked on a career with the Bank of England, eventually retiring to devote himself to writing. An early exposure to nature and wildlife formed a lasting impression on Grahame, who would return to the Thames Valley of his youth throughout his literary career—most notably in his novel The Wind in the Willows (1908), which is considered his finest achievement and a masterpiece of children’s fiction.

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