SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

Name: SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien, Edited By Verlyn Flieger, Illustrated By Pauline Baynes
ISBN: 9780008737672

by J. R. R. Tolkien, Edited By Verlyn Flieger, Illustrated By Pauline Baynes

ISBN: 9780008737672

Published: 2025-03-27

Fiction

A charming new paperback edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after the publication of The Lord of the Rings. What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the 'Silmarillion' was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was the product of ripened experience and reflection. It was published in 1967 as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in Tolkien's own lifetime. Now, more than 50 years on, this enchanting tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the perilous realm of Faery is being published once again in paperback. Contained here are many intriguing links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as...

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