The Lavender Dragon

TitleThe Lavender Dragon
Year for Search1923
AuthorsPhillpotts, Eden(1862-1960)
Date Published1923
PublisherGrant Richards
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A delightful satire with a rational, vegetarian dragon and a rather dull knight. The dragon creates a eutopia by picking up unhappy people and children from the area and bringing them to an isolated area where they create a eutopia of equality without money. Includes a reflection, by the dragon, on the positive and negative aspects of human hope and dreaming.

Author Note

The author (1862-1960) was born in India and lived in England from 1865. His daughter. Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (1896-1993) often collaborated with him.

Full Text

1923 Phillpotts, Eden (1862-1960). The Lavender Dragon. London: Grant Richards.

A delightful satire with a rational, vegetarian dragon and a rather dull knight. The dragon creates a eutopia by picking up unhappy people and children from the area and bringing them to an isolated area where they create a eutopia of equality without money. Includes a reflection, by the dragon, on the positive and negative aspects of human hope and dreaming. The author was born in India and lived in England from 1865. His daughter. Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (1896-1993) often collaborated with him.