Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries: Book One of the Emily Wilde Series

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Contents 20th October, 1909 20th October—Evening 21st October 21st October—Evening 22nd October 23rd October 28th October 29th October 29th October—Evening 30th October 31st October 12th November 14th November 15th November 16th November 17th November 18th November 19th November —? November 20th November 22nd November 23rd November 26th November 26th November—Late 2nd December (?) 3rd December (?) 4th December (?) 17th December (?) 22nd December (?) 23rd December (?) 25th December (?) 30th January 30th January—Later (Presumably) 3rd February 4th February 13th February Acknowledgments About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List iii iv 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 319 321 323 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
 Copyright © 2023 by Heather Fawcett
 All rights reserved.
 Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: Fawcett, Heather (Heather M.), author.
 Title: Emily Wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries / Heather Fawcett.
 Description: New York: Del Rey, [2023]
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022000431 (print) | LCCN 2022000432 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593500132 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593500149 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593597620 (international edition)
 Subjects: LCGFT: Magic realist fiction. | Romance fiction. | Novels.
 Classification: LCC PR9199.4.F39 E45 2023 (print) | LCC PR9199.4.F39 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20220218
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 Ebook ISBN 9780593500149
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 Contents
 
 Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 
 
 20th October, 1909
 
 
 20th October—Evening
 
 
 21st October
 
 
 21st October—Evening
 
 
 22nd October
 
 
 23rd October
 
 
 28th October
 
 
 29th October
 
 
 29th October—Evening
 
 
 30th October
 
 
 31st October
 
 
 12th November
 
 
 14th November
 
 
 15th November
 
 
 16th November
 
 
 17th November
 
 
 18th November
 
 
 19th November
 
 
 —? November
 
 
 20th November
 
 
 22nd November
 
 
 23rd November
 
 
 26th November
 
 
 26th November—Late
 
 
 2nd December (?)
 
 
 3rd December (?)
 
 
 4th December (?)
 
 
 17th December (?)
 
 
 22nd December (?)
 
 
 23rd December (?)
 
 
 25th December (?)
 
 
 30th January
 
 
 30th January—Later (Presumably)
 
 
 3rd February
 
 
 4th February
 
 
 13th February
 
 
 Chapter 37
 
 
 Acknowledgments
 About the Author
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20th October, 1909
 Hrafnsvik, Ljosland
 Shadow is not at all happy with me. He lies by the fire while the chill wind rattles the door, tail inert, staring out from beneath that shaggy forelock of his with the sort of accusatory resignation peculiar to dogs, as if to say: Of all the stupid adventures you’ve dragged me on, this will surely be the death of us. I fear I have to agree, though this makes me no less eager to begin my research.
 Herein I intend to provide an honest account of my day-to-day activities in the field as I document an enigmatic species of faerie called “Hidden Ones.” This journal serves two purposes: to aid my recollection when it comes time to formally compile my field notes, and to provide a record for those scholars who come after me should I be captured by the Folk. Verba volant, scripta manent. As with previous journals, I will presume a basic understanding of dryadology in the reader, though I will gloss certain references that may be unfamiliar to those new to the field.
 I have not had reason to visit Ljosland before, and would be lying if I said my first sighting this morning didn’t temper my enthusiasm. The