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Finally finally got to the top of my Fairyland book stack. Excited to get into it. Thanks for the recc @Bookwomble!

My second read of these stories after a 10-year period of reflection and, appreciating them more, upgraded my rating from 4 to 5 stars.
These fairies are less cute and diminutive than Shakespeare's and Drayton's, less noble and more aristocratic than Tolkien's, being capricious and casually cruel in the way of Clarke's Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair, and of the folktales that Warner has gathered, teased out & spun into coldly-glistering gold.

“Members of the ruling class are unwilling to admit themselves mistaken.”

It doesn't tax the memory greatly to think of recent examples of Warner's observation.
One obvious way of reading these stories is as a satire on the aristocracy, which generally Warner does simply by describing their absurdities and lack of empathy, then there are these occasional spikes driven through the elitist temple.

Found at a yard sale. Bought because of the cover. It took me far too long to read this collection of short stories. It was a bit of a slog for me. Some were very good which is why I didn't give up. It has a very "literary" vibe. It turns out many of the stories appeared in New Yorker magazine which explains a lot. I am not sure I would read more by this author based on this book.

I gave notice at my work yesterday. After 10 years of working hard for a micro-managing modern day scrooge who doesn't value his staff I had enough. Life is too short for extra stress. So now I'm in "I don't really care" mode. Reading during the lunch break. Happy to start a new job at another vet hospital soon. Dwight will be coming with me. ?

Teatime with a book is the best.

She was heavier than he expected - women always are.

A collection of wickedly witty stories about an imagined world of Elfin kingdoms (though they are all ruled by rather fickle queens, and their kings tend to be in rather precarious positions). 👇👇