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The dragon of Wantley

his tale

Also known as The dragon of Wantley, his rise, his voracity, & his downfall, a romance

by Owen Wister & John Stewardson

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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Sir Godfrey first learns of the dragon when his wine disappears and, as if that were not enough, is then reminded of the local legend that suggests that his daughter Elaine must meet the beast in combat

Provenance

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 openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “legend” in the description, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “legend”· in description
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 5 editions; 2 cataloged here.

his rise, his voracity, & his downfall: a romance

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1892-01-01T00:00:00ZPhiladelphia : J. B. Lippincott; Philadelphia : LippincottEnglish—Public digitized item

his tale

Open Library record

1895LippincottEnglish—Public

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: nycs9
  • Scanner: scribe9.rich.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL106159W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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