About “The Erl-King”

The Erl-King is a 1970 novel by French writer Michel Tournier. It was published in 1972 in an English translation by Barbara Bray under two titles: The Erl-King and The Ogre. The novel won the prestigious Prix Goncourt. A film adaptation titled The Ogre, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, was released in 1996 and is based on the novel. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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Published
1974
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1974 · ISBN 0006133894
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How many pages is The Erl-King?

The Erl-King by Michel Tournier has 318 pages.

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