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Roverandom:
‘An old-fashioned story, yet it still speaks freshly today… would leap to life when read aloud to a child’ Independent
Farmer Giles of Ham:
‘A fabulous tale of the days when giants and dragons walked the kingdom’ Sunday Times
Leaf by Niggle:
‘A haunting and successful demonstration of the qualities of faerie’ New York Times
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil:
‘Something close to genius’ The Listener
Smith of Wootton Major:
‘Whoever reads it at eight will no doubt still be going back to it at eighty’ New Statesman
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Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien’s five acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tales in the vein of ‘The Hobbit’, fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee.
The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.
• Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures.
• Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town;
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls;
• Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree;
• Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.
This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin. Alan also provides an Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's world.
World-renowned Tolkien author and expert, Tom Shippey, takes the reader through the hidden links in the tales to Tolkien's Middle-earth in his Introduction, and recounts their history and themes.
Lastly, included as an appendix is Tolkien's most famous essay, "On Fairy-stories", in which he brilliantly discusses fairy-stories and their relationship to fantasy.
Taken together, this rich collection of new and unknown work from the author of The Children of Húrin will provide the reader with a fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a simply beautiful book, a wonderful collection of faery stories complemented by Alan Lee's sublime illustrations. In this collection of 'Tales from the Perilous Realm' you are treated to no less than five stories from the wonderful imagination of JRR Tolkien: Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Smith of Wootton Major. All have something to say - whether it is about life in general, human nature, society or just plain wonderment...
I can heartily recommend to fans of Tolkien, of magic and of 'faery', of Alan Lee or to those wishing to explore Tolkien but who are not yet ready to tackle the mammoth mountain of literature that is The Lord Of The Rings! This collection is fun, at times frivilous and can be read fast. Perfect for relaxation when you don't want to be too taxed!
Try it...you may find you'll fall for it!
I can heartily recommend to fans of Tolkien, of magic and of 'faery', of Alan Lee or to those wishing to explore Tolkien but who are not yet ready to tackle the mammoth mountain of literature that is The Lord Of The Rings! This collection is fun, at times frivilous and can be read fast. Perfect for relaxation when you don't want to be too taxed!
Try it...you may find you'll fall for it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
When I got my Kindle there were certain books that I just had to buy - starting with Tolkien, and I was particularly thrilled to find six of his shorter works together in this collection.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Tolkien fans to discover some stories outside or peripheral to the great saga of Middle-Earth and contains (amongst other gems)the delightful story of Farmer Giles of Ham. Taken by many readers to be no more than a children's story, it was actually written by Tolkien as an entertainment - full of literary jokes aimed at friends and colleagues - and was illustrated by the late Pauline Baynes. The story was told that Tolkien noticed some of her drawings when visiting his publisher and insisted that she should be asked to provide the illustrations for 'Farmer Giles', when the book was published he commented that Pauline Baynes's were so delightful that they "reduced my text to a commentary on her drawings" and from that day on she was his preferred illustrator.
How very disappointing therefore, that these wonderful drawings have been omitted from this collection. As a result much of the pleasure (and in the case of 'Farmer Giles', much of the humour) has been lost, and the poems of 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil' have lost so much that they are a shadow of their original selves. The greatest beauty of Pauline Baynes's work was the elegance of her line, although she used colour wonderfully it isn't essential to see her illustrations in colour in order to enjoy them - the majority of the illustrations in these books are monochrome - and they could therefore have been reproduced in Kindle format. I for one would cheerfully have paid twice the price to have been able to enjoy these stories with their original illustrations.
Come on Amazon - no more cutting corners!
This is a wonderful opportunity for Tolkien fans to discover some stories outside or peripheral to the great saga of Middle-Earth and contains (amongst other gems)the delightful story of Farmer Giles of Ham. Taken by many readers to be no more than a children's story, it was actually written by Tolkien as an entertainment - full of literary jokes aimed at friends and colleagues - and was illustrated by the late Pauline Baynes. The story was told that Tolkien noticed some of her drawings when visiting his publisher and insisted that she should be asked to provide the illustrations for 'Farmer Giles', when the book was published he commented that Pauline Baynes's were so delightful that they "reduced my text to a commentary on her drawings" and from that day on she was his preferred illustrator.
How very disappointing therefore, that these wonderful drawings have been omitted from this collection. As a result much of the pleasure (and in the case of 'Farmer Giles', much of the humour) has been lost, and the poems of 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil' have lost so much that they are a shadow of their original selves. The greatest beauty of Pauline Baynes's work was the elegance of her line, although she used colour wonderfully it isn't essential to see her illustrations in colour in order to enjoy them - the majority of the illustrations in these books are monochrome - and they could therefore have been reproduced in Kindle format. I for one would cheerfully have paid twice the price to have been able to enjoy these stories with their original illustrations.
Come on Amazon - no more cutting corners!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The stories and the illustrations are wonderful! I recommend anyone who love books and who's a collector like me to buy this book and face it... it's Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee... it's ACES!!!
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