The Mistress of Lilliput

TitleThe Mistress of Lilliput
Year for Search1999
AuthorsFell, Alison(b. 1944)
Date Published1999
PublisherDoubleday
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsFemale author, Scottish author
Annotation

Lemuel Gulliver’s wife follows him after he leaves her hoping to return to Houyhnhnmland. A story also from the point-of-view of Mrs. Gulliver is John [Joseph Vincent] Kessel, “Gulliver at Home.” In his The Pure Product: Stories (New York: Tor, 1997), 329-43; rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998), 565-75. Also Karen Joy Fowler’s “The Travails.” In her Black Glass: Short Fiction (New York: Henry Holt, 1998), 84-95 provides letters written by Mrs. Gulliver after Gulliver leaves the second time. 

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Author Note

Scottish female author (b. 1944).

Full Text

1999 Fell, Alison (b. 1944). The Mistress of Lilliput. London: Doubleday. CtY, NLS, O

Lemuel Gulliver’s wife follows him after he leaves her hoping to return to Houyhnhnmland. A story also from the point-of-view of Mrs. Gulliver is John [Joseph Vincent] Kessel, “Gulliver at Home.” In his The Pure Product: Stories (New York: Tor, 1997), 329-43; rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998), 565-75. Also Karen Joy Fowler’s “The Travails.” In her Black Glass: Short Fiction (New York: Henry Holt, 1998), 84-95 provides letters written by Mrs. Gulliver after Gulliver leaves the second time. Scottish female author.