Smith of Wootton Major
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-19732015
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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. Contained here are many intriguing links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as to Tolkien's other tales, and this new edition is enhanced with a facsimile of the illustrated first edition, a manuscript of Tolkien's early draft of the story, notes and an alternate ending, and a lengthy essay on the nature of Faery.
Main title:
Smith of Wootton Major / J.R.R. Tolkien.
Author:
Edition:
New edition / edited by Verlyn Flieger.
Imprint:
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 16 cm
ISBN:
9780007557288 (hbk)9780007557295 (ePub ebook)0007557280
Dewey class:
823.9'12
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
902029