The Tolkien reader
by Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel)
"An invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on fantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL. A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. ON FAIRY-ST…
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"An invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on fantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere.
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL. A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. ON FAIRY-STORIES. Professor Tolkien's now-famous essy on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy."--
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- Publication Date:1986.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ballantine Books
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1986.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0345345061, 9780345345066
- oclc:ocn223086293
Table of Contents
Tolkien's magic ring / Peter S. Beagle. -- The Homecoming of Beorhtaoth, Beorhthelm's son. -- Tree and leaf. -- Farmer Giles of Ham. -- The adventures of Tom Bombadil.
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