A Dreamer's Tales
First edition | |
| Author | Lord Dunsany |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sidney Sime |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | George Allen & Sons |
Publication date | 1910 |
| Publication place | UK |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Preceded by | The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories |
| Followed by | The Book of Wonder |
A Dreamer's Tales is the fourth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. Like most of Dunsany's early books, A Dreamer's Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories.
A Dreamer's Tales was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. This edition included an introduction by Padraic Colum praising Dunsany's feel for dramatic situations and exalted speech, and stating that his main influences were Homer, Herodotus, and the Bible.