Title: A Prisoner in Fairyland
Title Record # 992816
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Date: 1913-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Algernon Blackwood
Date: 1913-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note:
Reviews in US newspapers, not too brief:
NY Tribune 1913-07-25 p8
Bos. Daily Globe 1913-08-02 p3
Cin. Enquirer 1913-08-04 p7
SF Chronicle 1913-08-31 pSM6, George Hamlin Fitch
Hartford Courant 1913-10-05 pA2
See also NY Times 1913-10-19 pBR572 (quoted above)
Synopsis:
"the prisoner referred to in the title is the world, signifying thought, and starlight--sympathy--the magic passport"
--"News of Books" NY Times 1913-06-29 pBR384 (this one "published last week")
"The Fairyland the world has lost takes captive a middle-aged man of business. Fantasy then reigns very effectively in this bubbling, crotchety, charmingly written tale of children, starlight, woods and fairies."
--unsigned review NY Tribune 1913-07-25 p8
Written while in the Alps.
"A Fairy play is being founded on it, keeping the characters as in the book, omitting the love interest, and developing the parts played by the sprites, children, &c., with much dancing, singing, and so forth, but keeping the big idea behind it, viz., that sympathy helps the world go round and shall one day bring it back to Fairyland."
--NY Times 1913-10-19 pBR572, paraphrase and quotation of a letter from the author to The NY Times Review of Books
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) | 1913-06-00 | Algernon Blackwood | Macmillan and Co. | 6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
506 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That "Uncle Paul" Wrote) | 1913-06-00 | Algernon Blackwood | The Macmillan Company | $1.35?$: US dollar |
506 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2004-07-00 | Algernon Blackwood | Project Gutenberg | 6021 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2010-01-14 | Algernon Blackwood | ValdeBooks | 978-1-4444-2948-0 | $19.49?$: US dollar |
340 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2010-02-04 | Algernon Blackwood | Book Jungle | 978-1-4385-3586-9 | $23.45?$: US dollar |
378 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2010-02-15 | Algernon Blackwood | Nuvision Publications | 978-1-59547-099-7 | $22.99?$: US dollar |
344 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2010-03-07 | Algernon Blackwood | General Books | 978-1-153-58740-2 | $33.03?$: US dollar |
250 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
A Prisoner in Fairyland | 2010-12-31 | Algernon Blackwood | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-2818-9 | $22.99?$: US dollar |
516 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction
- Review by S. T. Joshi (2002) in Weird Tales, Summer 2002
- Review by Mike Ashley (2018) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2018