Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays. He is best known for his 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter. He achieved great fame and success with his early short stories and plays, and during the 1910s was considered one of the greatest living writers of the English-speaking world.
Born and raised in London, to the second-oldest title (created 1439) in the Irish peerage, Dunsany lived much of his life at what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited house, Dunsany Castle near Tara, worked with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, was chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland, and travelled and hunted extensively. He died in Dublin after an attack of appendicitis.
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- PCMini032 Chubu and Sheemish, read by Steve Anderson
- PCMini052 The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts), read by Steve Anderson
- PCMini067 The Madness of Andelsprutz, read by Steve Anderson
- PCMini063 The Trouble In Leafy Green Street, read by Steve Anderson
- PC463 A Dozen by Dunsany:
- 1. The True Story of the Hare and the Tortoise; Chosen by Samantha Brandt (Talia); Read by Wilson Fowlie
- 2. The Sphinx at Giza; Chosen & Read by Setsu Uzume
- 3. The Song of the Blackbird; Chosen & Read by Graeme Dunlop
- 4. The Tomb of Pan; Chosen by Raj K. Gopal; Read by Eric Luke
- 5. A Moral Little Tale; Chosen & Read by Matt Dovey
- 6. Death and the Orange; Chosen & Read by Aidan Doyle
- 7. Alone the Immortals; Chosen & Read by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
- 8. Time and the Tradesman; Chosen by Krystal Claxton; Read by Cheyenne Wright
- 9. The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts); Chosen by Peter Wood; Read by Tina Connolly
- 10. The Return of Song; Chosen by Peter Wood; Read by Steve Anderson
- 11. Charon; Chosen & Read by Jen R. Albert
- 12. After the Fire; Chosen by Troy Wiggins; Read by Amal El-Mohtar