Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey is a collection of fantasy short stories

Short Stories

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, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens

Joseph Jorkens

Joseph Jorkens, usually referred to simply as Jorkens, is the lead character in over 150 short stories written by the Irish author Lord Dunsany between 1925 and 1957...

, by author Lord Dunsany

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany

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. It was first published in London

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 by Putnam

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 in September, 1940

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. It was the third collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the fourth book, The Fourth Book of Jorkens

The Fourth Book of Jorkens

The Fourth Book of Jorkens is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by author Lord Dunsany. It was first published by Jarrolds in 1947. It was the fourth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published...

, in the omnibus edition The Collected Jorkens, Volume Two, published by Night Shade Books

Night Shade Books

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in 2004.

As noted by S.T. Joshi and many book dealers, this volume was and remains very scarce.

The book collects twenty-six short pieces by Dunsany.

Contents

• "Preface"
• "Jorkens' Revenge"
• "Jorkens Retires from Business"
• "Jorkens Handles a Big Property"
• "The Invention of Dr. Caber"
• "The Grecian Singer"
• "The Jorkens Family Emeralds"
• "A Fishing Story"
• "Jorkens in High Finance"
• "The Sign"
• "The Angelic Shepherd"
• "The Neapolitan Ice"
• "The Development of the Rillswood Estate"
• "The Fancy Man"
• "The Lion and the Unicorn"
• "A Doubtful Story"
• "Jorkens Looks Forward"
• "Jorkens Among the Ghosts"
• "Elephant Shooting"
• "African Magic"
• "Jorkens Consults a Prophet"
• "A Matter of Business"
• "The Invention of the Age"
• "The Sultan, the Monkey and the Banana"
• "Pundleton's Audience"
• "The Fight in the Drawing-Room"
• "The Ivory Poacher"