20 Masterpieces of Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tarzan of the Apes......

by Athenaeum Classics (Editor), George MacDonald, Charles Kingsley

This volume contains the following 20 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names:

Anonymous: “Beowulf”
Anonymous: “The Epic of Gilgamesh”
Barrie, J. M.: “Peter Pan”
Baum, L. Frank: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
Bulgakov, Mikhail: “The Master and Margarita”
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: “A Princess of Mars”
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: “Tarzan of the Apes”
Carroll, Lewis: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Carroll, Lewis: “Through the Looking Glass”
Chesterton, G. K.: “The Man Who Was Thursday”
Dickens, Charles: “A Christmas Carol”
Dunsany, Lord: “The King of Elfland’s Daughter”
Eddison, E. R.: “The Worm Ouroboros”
Howard, Robert E.: “The Hour of the Dragon”
Howard, Robert E.: “Solomon Kane”
MacDonald, George: “Phantastes”
MacDonald, George: “The Princess and the Goblin”
Malory, Thomas: “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”
Ruskin, John: “The King of the Golden River”
Twain, Mark: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Classics, Ebooks, Anthologies, Amazon

2765 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2021

Reviews

[Kim]

Read and reviewed:
Dickens, Charles: “A Christmas Carol” - 3 stars
Mikhail Bulgakov: “The Master and Margarita” - 3 stars
Anonymous: “The Epic of Gilgamesh” - 2 stars
Barrie, J. M.: “Peter Pan” - 4 stars
Baum, L. Frank: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” - 4 stars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: “A Princess of Mars” - 3 stars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Tarzan of the Apes" - 3 stars
Carroll, Lewis: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” - 1 star
Chesterton, G. K.: “The Man Who Was Thursday” - 3 stars
Dunsany, Lord: “The King of Elfland’s Daughter” - 2 stars
Howard , Robert E. “The hour of the dragon” - 4 stars
Howard, Robert E. "Solomon Kane" - 2 stars

Average rating: 3 stars

Didn't finish:
Anonymous: “Beowulf”: this translation in verse was too hard to read for me. I may try another translation or even a version in prose later.
Carroll, Lewis: “Through the Looking Glass”. Nope. Hated Alice's adventures in Wonderland, no way I'm starting this.
Eddison, E. R.: “The Worm Ouroboros”: Got very very bored. Lots of events but no drive to story or characters.

Currently reading:
MacDonald, George: “Phantastes”

Still to read:
MacDonald, George: “The Princess and the Goblin”
Malory, Thomas: “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”
Ruskin, John: “The King of the Golden River”
Twain, Mark: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”

[Jenny Persinger]

Such a great book!

This is a great good book, I love this book, because it is amazing! I would recommend this book to any book worms!!!!

[David J. Brumbaugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considering the works of the most famous this is going to be real good....

[Tristan]

I have separately read and reviewed:

* “Peter Pan” by J M Barrie
* “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L Frank Baum
* “A Princess of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
* “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.
* “The King of Elfland’s Daughter” by Lord Dunsany
* “The Princess and the Goblin” by George MacDonald

[Curt Dukes · Rating 3 out of 5]

definitely mixed but interesting reading