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| Date Created: | 2010-09-08 |
| Date Modified: | 2010-09-08 |
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| Author: | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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| Amazon Link: | Buy from Amazon.com |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
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| Edition: | New Ed |
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| Publication Year: | 2002 |
| ISBN#: | 0-00-714912-3 |
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| Pages: | 192 |
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The definitive collection of J.R.R.Tolkien's four acclaimed modern classic fairy tales, finally together in a volume which reaffirms his place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.
The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake.
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