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The Crock of Gold

by James Stephens

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction
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"The Crock of Gold" by James Stephens is a comic novel published in 1912. This fantastical tale blends Irish folklore, philosophy, and comedy as a Philosopher embarks on a quest to save the most beautiful woman in the world from the gods Pan and Aengus Óg. When neighboring Leprechauns accuse him of murder over a stolen crock of gold, he must flee with his wife, the Thin Woman, who belongs to Ireland's most powerful Shee. Their separate journeys lead them through encounters with elemental beings and ancient powers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “Fairies” and “fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the subject metadata.

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “folklore” and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the description.

    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
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    • “Folklore”· in description

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Editions

4 editions cataloged here.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: Macmillan, 1926

1926———Source listed online copy

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: Macmillan, 1928

1928———Source listed online copy

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

————Source listed online copy

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Cataloging notes

  • Illustrators: Mackenzie, Thomas
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR6037 .T46 C76
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR6037 .T46 C76 1926
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR6037 .T46 C76 1928
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Macmillan, 1926
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: Macmillan, 1928
Catalog id
project-gutenberg:1605
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