The Tolkien Reader

by J. R. R. Tolkien

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Stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
 
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.
 
TREE AND LEAF
Contains “On Fairy-stories,” Professor Tolkien’s now-famous essay on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy.
 
. . . and other dazzling works, including an introduction by Peter S. Beagle

  • ISBN10 0345298810
  • ISBN13 9780345298812
  • Publish Date 12 April 1981 (first published 12 December 1972)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 30 September 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Ballantine Books
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Language English