Description:This book, with illustrations, gathers some of J.R.R. Tolkien's least-known and hardest-to-find works in one volume. These include "Smith of Wootton Major (story of a magical gift concealed in the most amazing cake), "Farmer Giles of Ham" (a dragon terrorizing the English village of Ham and the townspeople only hope is This book, with illustrations, gathers some of J.R.R. Tolkien's least-known and hardest-to-find works in one volume. These include "Smith of Wootton Major (story of a magical gift concealed in the most amazing cake), "Farmer Giles of Ham" (a dragon terrorizing the English village of Ham and the townspeople only hope is a local farmer with an inflated reputation of chasing away giants), "Tree and Leaf" (a work consisting of Tolkien's groundbreaking essay "On Fairy-stores" - a most readable examination of the meaning of fantasy), "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" (sixten poems from the Red Book) and "Sir Gawain and teh Green Knight" (Tolkien's first career translation of medieval poetry).... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Quality Paperback Book Club Release date : 2 May 2013 ISBN-10 : 096546377X |
ISBN-13: 9780965463775
"First Publication: January 1, 2002
Published by: Quality Paperback Bookclub
Even though the material in this book are not entirely exclusive to this book (there are various sources for the poems and stories in this book), it is a great collection of Tolkien's smaller and lesser known works. Among the gems here are Tolkien's seminal essay "On Fairy-Stories," a work I highly recommend for anyone interested in the subject. Also included are his short stories "Farmer Giles of Ham," "Smith of Wootto"
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