Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment
Here are 44 compelling tales of the fantastic--many never before anthologized--by such classic writers as L. Frank Baum and Charles Dickens through today's finest writers, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ and Michael Moorcock. Contents xi Introduction (Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment) (1988) essay by David G. Hartwell 3 The Rule of Names [Earthsea Cycle] (1964) shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin 13 The Magic Fishbone (1868) shortstory by Charles Dickens 23 The Goddess on the Street Corner (1953) shortstory by Margaret St. Clair 31 Feathertop: A Moralized Legend (1854) shortstory by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of Feathertop 1846) 49 The Root and the Ring (1954) novelette by Wyma