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‘A fabulous tale of the days when giants and dragons walked the kingdom’
Sunday Times
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A Collection of short stories: Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith Of Wootton Major, and Leaf by Niggle
Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth. He did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a slow, comfortable life.
Then one day a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blundered on to his land. More by luck than skill, Farmer Giles managed to scare him away. The people of the village cheered: Farmer Giles was a hero.
His reputation spread far and wide across the kingdom. So it was natural that when the dragon Chrysophylax visited the area it was Farmer Giles who was expected to do battle with it!
Two further stories in this collections are Smith of Wooton Major which tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children, and the strange events which follow, and Leaf by Niggle, which recounts the strange adventures of the painter, Niggle.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The tale of farmer Giles of ham is one of J.R.R.Tolkins over looked works and is a classic childrens tale (hence us adults love it). Farmer Giles is as unlikely a hero as any one, a plump chap who enjoys a slow comfortable life. Yet one night a par-deaf,supid and short-sighted giant reeked havoc on the farm and farmer Giles awoken by his dog came out to protect his land from the tresspassing giant, but shorty after this event the dragon Chrysophylax comes down from the mountains and eventually ends up in town where the farmer is expected to do battle.
This story is so wonderfully writen full of wit and humour and Derek Jacobi bring this tale to life in a rich and childish beauty that made me enjoy every second of the story!!
This story is so wonderfully writen full of wit and humour and Derek Jacobi bring this tale to life in a rich and childish beauty that made me enjoy every second of the story!!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Well, it's not the lord of the rings, but then again, what is? Here are a few amusing and interesting stories, by the greatest author since I don't know when. If you enjoy reading of the british mythology, try this on for size.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A Delightful Collection of Stories For Kids of Every Age
12 Jun 2001
Format:Audio Cassette
The first of the three stories in this collection is a delightful fairy tale set in the days when giants and dragons were the enemies and twonspeople like Farmer Giles were the heroes. Derek Jacobi does a superb job performing not only as the farmer himself and his wife, but also the couple's dog and the rest of the characters. One would not also not expect to find a dragon with as colorful a name as Chrysopholax, since the last time I met a dragon in one of Tolkein's stories, it was Smaug, and he casually remarked to hobbit Bilbo Baggins,''I don't remember smelling you before!'' The other two tales in this collection are Smith of Wooton Major,and Leaf by Niggle. Knowing what a magnificent job Derek Jacobi has done bringing Shakespeare to life and proving to most of us that Shakespeare was meant to be enjoyed by everyone, you can rest assured in the thought that he has done a similar, exemplary feat with Tolkein! I own, by the way, two other stories written by Tolkein and narrated by Jacobi himself--Letters From Father Christmas and Roverandom. Do yourself a favor and indulge your inner child with these stories!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A worthy reader of a worthy book
5 Mar 2000
Format:Audio Cassette
"Farmer Giles of Ham" is vintage Tolkien encapsulated. Ham is a farmer who owns a cowardly dog named Gorm. The two of them set out to dispose of a dragon named Chrysophylax who is terrorizing the shire. They do defeat Chrysophylax, but how? Well, you have to listen to Sir Derek Jacobi (best known in the USA as the stammering Emperor Claudius in the Masterpiece Theatre series of the '70s; also as Brother Cadfael in The Cadfael Mysteries) read you the story, as he does with the same elegance he brings to all his performances. Sir Derek is a true master of the spoken word. The combination of a writer like Professor Tolkien and a reader like Sir Derek is truly rare and wonderful. And the delight does not stop with "Farmer Giles"; the stories in this little book abound with imagination and excellence.
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