Jorkens Remembers Africa

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Jorkens Remembers Africa
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US dust jacket for Jorkens Remembers Africa by Lord Dunsany
Author Lord Dunsany
CountryUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Jorkens
Genre fantasy short stories
Publisher Longmans, Green & Co.
Publication date
1934
Published in English
1934
Media typePrint (hardback)
Preceded by The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens  
Followed by Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey  

Jorkens Remembers Africa is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in New York City by Longmans, Green & Co. in October, 1934, with the English edition (under the alternate title Mr. Jorkens Remembers Africa) following in November of the same year from the same publisher. It was the second collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the first book, The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens , in the omnibus edition The Collected Jorkens, Volume One , published by Night Shade Books in 2004.

Contents

The book collects twenty-one short pieces by Dunsany.

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