Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
Two bewitching fantasies by J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of THE HOBBIT. In SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR, Tolkien explores the gift of fantasy, and what it means to the life and character of the man who receives it. And FARMER GILES OF HAM tells a delightfully ribald mock-heroic tale, where a dragon...
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Two bewitching fantasies by J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of THE HOBBIT. In SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR, Tolkien explores the gift of fantasy, and what it means to the life and character of the man who receives it. And FARMER GILES OF HAM tells a delightfully ribald mock-heroic tale, where a dragon who invades a town refuses to fight, and a farmer is chosen to slay him.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345215383 (0345215389)
Publish date: 1986-01-12
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Short Stories,
Dragons,
Fiction
I admit I'm biased, but I loved these two short stories as much now as I did when I was a little kid just discovering Tolkien. I feel as though they represent both his love of the heroic and the mysteriously romantic nature seen in LotR, but also his affectionately scathing take on human nature seen...
These short stories are also in Tales from the Perilous Realm.
Farmer Giles of Ham es probablemente mi historia favorita de Tolkien, seguida por The Hobbit. Ambas tienen un sentido del humor que solo se puede atizbar en el resto de su bibliografía.El hombre sabía de cuentos de hadas y de fantasía, sabía del arte de contar historias y sabía que todos amamos a un...