Tales from the Perilous Realm: Roverandom and Other Classic Faery Stories

Tales from the Perilous Realm: Roverandom and Other Classic Faery Stories
Alan Lee

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.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.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.

TALES FROM THE

PERILOUS REALM

BY

J.R.R. Tolkien

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This collection first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1997

Farmer Giles of Ham first published 1949

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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil first published 1961

Copyright © The J.R.R. Tolkien Copyright Trust 1962

Leaf By Niggle first published in Tree and Leaf 1964

Copyright © The Tolkien Trust 1964

Smith of Wootton Major first published 1967

Copyright © The Tolkien Trust 1967

Roverandom first published 1998

Copyright © The Tolkien Trust 1998

Introduction © Tom Shippey 2008

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#u6cb9a682-c179-5bb7-a3f8-95affa862fe1)

Copyright (#u8659dcf8-2b0b-5dd3-92e5-3f47254e5fce)

INTRODUCTION (#u32ac69f5-2a0d-501a-8c39-2864d72ef6f2)

ROVERANDOM (#ud3f68a1c-be7a-5182-8af5-a061bf71b6b0)

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FARMER GILES OF HAM (#litres_trial_promo)

FOREWORD (#litres_trial_promo)

FARMER GILES OF HAM (#litres_trial_promo)

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL (#litres_trial_promo)

PREFACE (#litres_trial_promo)

1 THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL (#litres_trial_promo)

2 BOMBADIL GOES BOATING (#litres_trial_promo)

3 ERRANTRY (#litres_trial_promo)

4 PRINCESS MEE (#litres_trial_promo)

5 THE MAN IN THE MOON STAYED UP TOO LATE (#litres_trial_promo)

6 THE MAN IN THE MOON CAME DOWN TOO SOON (#litres_trial_promo)

7 THE STONE TROLL (#litres_trial_promo)

8 PERRY-THE-WINKLE (#litres_trial_promo)

9 THE MEWLIPS (#litres_trial_promo)