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Anthology Title:
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy • anthology by
Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- Introduction (The Big Book of Classic Fantasy) • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
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The Queen's Son • short story by
Bettina von Arnim
(trans. of Der Königssohn?Der Koenigssohn1808)
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Hans-My-Hedgehog • [KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)• 108] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Hans mein Igel 1815)
- The Story of the Hard Nut • short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Das Märchen von der harten Nuß 1816)
- Rip Van Winkle: A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker • (1850) • short story by Washington Irving (variant of Rip Van Winkle 1819)
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The Luck of the Bean Rows: A Fairy Tale for Lucky Children • novelette by
Charles Nodier
(trans. of Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois?Tresor des feves et fleur des pois1822)
- Transformation • (1891) • short story by Mary Shelley (variant of The Transformation 1830) [as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
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The Nest of Nightingales • (1909) • short story by
Théophile Gautier?Theophile Gautier(trans. of Le nid de rossignols 1834)
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The Fairytale About a Dead Body, Belonging to No One Knows Whom • short story by
Владимир Одоевский?Vladimir Odoevsky(trans. ofСказка о мёртвом теле, неизвестно кому принадлежащем?Skazka o myortvom tele, neizvestno komu prinadlezhashchem1833) [as by Vladimir Odoevsky]
- The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton • (1836) • short story by Charles Dickens
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The Nose • novelette by
Николай Гоголь?Nikolai Gogol(trans. ofНос?Nos1836) [as by Nikolai Gogol]
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Story of Jeon Unchi • novelette by uncredited (trans. of 전우치 unknown) [as by Anonymous]
- Feathertop: A Moralized Legend • (1852) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Master Zacharius • (1874) • novelette by Jules Verne (trans. of Maître Zacharius ou l'horloger qui avait perdu son âme 1854)
- The Frost King; or, The Power of Love • (1855) • short story by Louisa May Alcott
- The Tartarus of Maids • (1855) • short story by Herman Melville
- The Magic Mirror • (1858) • short story by George MacDonald
- The Diamond Lens • (1858) • novelette by Fitz-James O'Brien
- Goblin Market • (1862) • poem by Christina Rossetti
- The Will-o'-the-Wisps Are in Town • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Lygtemændene ere i Byen, sagde Mosekonen 1865)
- The Legend of the Pale Maiden • (2005) • short story by Aleksis Kivi (trans. of Tarina kalveasta immestä 1870)
- Looking-Glass House • [Alice] • short fiction by Lewis Carroll
- Furnica; or, The Queen of the Ants • short story by Carmen Sylva (trans. of Furnica 1883)
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The Story of Iván the Fool • novelette by
Лев Толстой?Lev Tolstoy(trans. ofСказка об Иване-дураке и его двух братьях: Семене-воине и Тарасе-брюхане, и немой сестре Маланье, и о старом дьяволе и трех чертенятах?Skazka ob Ivane-durake i ego dvukh brat'yakh: Semene-voine i Tarase-bryukhane, i nemoy sestre Malan'ye, i o starom d'yavole i tryokh chertenyatakh1886) [as by Leo Tolstoy]
- The Goophered Grapevine • short fiction by Charles W. Chesnutt [as by Charles W. Chestnutt]
- The Bee-Man of Orn • (1887) • short story by Frank R. Stockton
- The Remarkable Rocket • (1888) • short story by Oscar Wilde
- The Ensouled Violin • novelette by Helena P. Blavatsky [as by H. P. Blavatskaya]
- The Death of Odjigh • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of La mort d'Odjigh 1892)
- The Terrestrial Fire • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of L'incendie terrestre 1892)
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The Kingdom of Cards • short story by
রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর?Ravīndranātha Thākura(trans. of একটি আষাঢ়ে গল্প 1892) [as by Rabindranath Tagore]
- The Other Side: A Breton Legend • (2010) • short story by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (variant of The Other Side 1893) [as by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock]
- The Fulness of Life • (1893) • short story by Edith Wharton
- Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady • (1896) • novella by Vernon Lee
- The Little Room • (1895) • short story by Madeline Yale Wynne
- The Plattner Story • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
- The Princess Baladina—Her Adventure • (1896) • short story by Willa Cather
- The Reluctant Dragon • juvenile • (1898) • novelette by Kenneth Grahame
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Iktomi and the Ducks • [Iktomi Tales] • (1901) • short story by
Zitkala-Ša?Zitkala-Sa
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Iktomi's Blanket • [Iktomi Tales] • (1901) • short story by
Zitkala-Ša?Zitkala-Sa
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Iktomi and the Muskrat • [Iktomi Tales] • (1901) • short story by
Zitkala-Ša?Zitkala-Sa
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Iktomi and the Coyote • [Iktomi Tales] • (1901) • short story by
Zitkala-Ša?Zitkala-Sa
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Iktomi and the Fawn • [Iktomi Tales] • (1901) • short story by
Zitkala-Ša?Zitkala-Sa
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Marionettes • short story by
Louis Fréchette?Louis Frechette(trans. of Les marionnettes 1902)
- Dance of the Comets: An Astral Pantomime in Two Acts • (2016) • novelette by Paul Scheerbart (trans. of Kometentanz 1903)
- The White People • (1904) • novelette by Arthur Machen
- Blamol • short story by Gustav Meyrink (trans. of Blamol 1903)
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Goblins: A Logging Camp Story • short story by
Louis Fréchette?Louis Frechette(trans. of Les lutins 1905)
- Sowbread • short story by Grazia Deledda (trans. of Il ciclamino 1908)
- The Angry Street • [Club of Queer Trades] • (1972) • short story by G. K. Chesterton (variant of A Somewhat Improbable Story 1908)
- The Aunt and Amabel • (1909) • short story by E. Nesbit
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Sacrifice • short story by
Алексей Ремизов?Aleksey Remizov(trans. ofЖертва?Zhertva1909) [as by Aleksey Remizov]
- The Princess Steel • short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
- The Hump • short story by Fernán Caballero (trans. of La joroba 1911)
- The Celestial Omnibus • (1908) • short story by E. M. Forster
- The Legend of the Ice Babies • (1911) • short story by E. Pauline Johnson
- The Last Redoubt (Excerpt from The Night Land) • short fiction by William Hope Hodgson
- Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse • [Little Wizard Stories • 5] • (1913) • short story by L. Frank Baum
- The Plant Men (Excerpt from The Gods of Mars) • short fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Strange News from Another Star • novelette by
Hermann Hesse
(trans. of Merkwürdige Nachricht von einem andern Stern?Merkwuerdige Nachricht von einem andern Stern1919)
- The Metamorphosis • [Gregor Samsa • 1] • (2009) • novella by Franz Kafka (trans. of Die Verwandlung 1915)
- The Hoard of the Gibbelins • (1911) • short story by Lord Dunsany
- Through the Dragon Glass • (1917) • short story by A. Merritt
- David Blaize and the Blue Door (Excerpt) • short fiction by E. F. Benson
- The Big Bestiary of Modern Literature • short fiction by Franz Blei
- The Alligator War • short story by Horacio Quiroga (trans. of La Guerra de los vacarés 1918)
- Friend Island • (1918) • short story by Francis Stevens
- Magic Comes to a Committee (Excerpt from Living Alone) • short fiction by Stella Benson
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Gramophone of the Ages • short story by
Ефим Зозуля?Yefim Zozulya(trans. ofГраммофон веков?Grammofon vekov1919) [as by Yefim Zozulya]
- Joiwind (Excerpt from A Voyage to Arcturus) • short fiction by David Lindsay
- Sound in the Mountain • short story by Maurice Renard (trans. of La rumeur dans la montagne 1920)
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Sennin (Immortal) • short story by
芥川龍之介?Ryūnosuke Akutagawa(trans. of仙人?Sen'nin1916) [as byRyūnosuke Akutagawa?Ryunosuke Akutagawa]
- Koshtra Pivrarcha (Excerpt from The Worm Ouroboros) • short fiction by E. R. Eddison
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At the Border • short story by
דער נסתּר?Der Nister(trans. of
Der Nstrאויפן גרעניץ?oifn grenits1922) [as by Der Nister]
oyfn grenits
afn grenets - The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan: As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods form Maine to California Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication • short story by W. B. Laughead
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Talkative Domovoi • short story by
Александр Грин?Alexander Grin(trans. of
Aleksandr GrinСловоохотливый домовой?Slovookhotlivyy domovoy1923) [as by Aleksandr Grin] -
The Ratcatcher • novelette by
Александр Грин?Alexander Grin(trans. of
Aleksandr GrinКрысолов?Krysolov1924) [as by Aleksandr Grin] - The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
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The Man Traveling with the Brocade Portrait • novelette by
江戸川乱歩?Edogawa Rampo(trans. of押絵と旅する男?Oshie to Tabi-suru Otoko1929) [as by Edogawa Ranpo]
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A Visit to the Museum • short story by
Vladimir Nabokov
(trans. of Посещение музея?Poseshchenie muzeya1939)
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The Water Sprite's Tale • short story by
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek(trans. of Pohádka vodnická 1932)
Karel Chapek -
The Capital of Cat Country • short fiction by
Lao She?老舍
- The Spirit Chief Names the Animal People • [Coyote Stories] • (1933) • short story by Mourning Dove
- Coyote Juggles His Eyes • [Coyote Stories] • (1933) • short story by Mourning Dove
- Uncle Monday • (1934) • short story by Zora Neale Hurston
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Rose-Cold, Moon Skater • short story by
María Teresa León?Maria Teresa Leon(trans. of Rosa-Fria, patinadora de la luna 1914)
- A Night of the High Season • short story by Bruno Schulz (trans. of Noc wielkiego sezonu 1934)
- The Influence of the Sun • short story by Fernand Dumont (trans. of L'influence du Soleil 1935)
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The Town of Cats • (2008) • short story by
萩原朔太郎?はぎわらさくたろう(trans. of
Hagiwara Sakutarō猫町?Nekomachi1935) [as by
Neko-machiHagiwara Sakutarō?Hagiwara Sakutaro] - The Debutante • (2017) • short story by Leonora Carrington (trans. of La débutante 1939)
- The Jewels in the Forest • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1939) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
- Evening Primrose • (1940) • short story by John Collier
- The Coming of the White Worm • [Hyperborea] • (1941) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
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The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls • short story by
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme(trans. of Le passe-muraille 1941)
- Leaf by Niggle • (1964) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
- About the Translators (The Big Book of Classic Fantasy) • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
- About the Editors (The Big Book of Classic Fantasy) • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
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