The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
By Andrew Lang
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish editor, poet, author, literary critic, and historian. He is best known for his work regarding folklore, mythology, and religion, for which he had an extreme interest in. Lang was a skilled and respected historian, writing in great detail and exploring obscure topics. Lang often combined his studies of history and anthropology with literature, creating works rich with diverse culture. He married Leonora Blanche Alleyne in 1875. With her help, Lang published a prolific amount of work, including his popular series, Rainbow Fairy Books.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I love the illustrations and the story might be interesting but I'm going to have to accept that I don't like Haggard's writing style. He tried too hard to make the story read like a classic Norse epic and the language comes off both repetitive and forced. If you want to read a good Norse epic, read Beowolf.I do have to give the book a 5 out of 5 for Lancelot Speed's illustrations. I would love to see one of the original editions. Take for example: Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., Date Published: 1891 Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi [vii] viii-x [xi] xii [xiii] xiv [1] 2-319 [320: blank] [note: blank leaf precedes half title leaf] + 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "12/90" on page 16 inserted at rear, sixteen inserted plates plus other illustrations in the text by Lancelot Speed, original blue cloth over bevel-edged boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold, black coated endpapers. First edition. 10, 000 copies printed. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-72. Unfortunately these retail at $75 and up. Oh well. :)
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Apparently this was one of two books that Tolkien claimed as influencing The Lord of the Rings--and I can easily see that, as Haggard tries to create a work in the spirit, and somewhat in the style, of the old Norse legends. I'm not going to claim that Haggard even at his best is the same order of classic as the best by Charles Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot or Thomas Hardy. But like fellow Victorians Arthur Conan Doyle or Robert Louis Stevenson or Rudyard Kipling, Haggard really could spin a good yarn, and the fantasy genre in general owes him a great debt. Ten of his books are on my bookshelves. I gobbled those up in my teens and most I remember very, very well even decades later. My favorite of his novels involve Ayesha, known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, especially the book Wisdom's Daughter. But, with perhaps the exception of The World's Desire, Haggard's tale of Odysseus, this is my second favorite of the Haggard books I've read and if Ayesha is the most formidable and unforgettable of Haggard heroines, Eric for me is his most memorable hero, even over the more famous Allan Quartermain of King Solomon's Mines.