Little Dinners With the Sphinx, and Other Prose Fancies

Name: Little Dinners With the Sphinx, and Other Prose Fancies
Author: Richard Le Gallienne

By Richard Le Gallienne

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A series of lyrical prose fancies and essays blends intimate conversational sketches, whimsical anecdotes, and reflective meditations on art, love, gastronomy, dreams, and mortality. Several pieces stage imaginative scenes—an elegant dinner with a mysterious companion and an elaborately arranged farewell that probes pride and debt—while others move into pastoral reverie, character sketches, or playful explorations of names and memory. The tone alternates between ironic wit and elegiac tenderness, using vivid imagery and gentle paradox to examine the pleasures and sorrows of imaginative life.

About the Author

Richard Le Gallienne

Richard Le Gallienne was an English poet, essayist, and novelist known for his lyrical style and exploration of themes such as love and nature. He gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing significantly to the literary scene of his time. His notable works include "A Jongleur Strayed / Verses on Love and Other Matters Sacred and Profane," which showcases his romantic sensibilities and poetic finesse. Le Gallienne's writings often reflect his fascination with the beauty of the world and the complexities of human emotion, making him a unique voice in the landscape of English literature.