Ealdwood
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Ealdwood is a fantasy novella
by C. J. Cherryh
. It is one of Cherryh's Ealdwood Stories
and was first published in 1981
by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David Cherry.
Ealdwood and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone", were later combined and revised by Cherryh, and published as a novel, The Dreamstone in 1983.
in a shrinking magical forest.
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
by C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
. It is one of Cherryh's Ealdwood Stories
Ealdwood Stories
The Ealdwood Stories, also known as the Arafel Stories, are a collection of fantasy works by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh...
and was first published in 1981
1981 in literature
The year 1981 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction given for the first time...
by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David Cherry.
Ealdwood and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone", were later combined and revised by Cherryh, and published as a novel, The Dreamstone in 1983.
Plot introduction
The novel concerns Arafel, the only surviving elfElf
An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...
in a shrinking magical forest.