Tolkien Reader (Tolkien - mm paperback)

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN: 9780345345066

Binding: mass market paperback

Section: SF/Fantasy

Farmer Giles of Ham: An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil: A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.
Tree and Leaf: Contains On Fairy-stories, Professor Tolkien's now-famous essay on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy.
Includes further dazzling works, including an introduction by Peter S. Beagle.