Lorvenlanden-Tolkien Fantasy Novel Collection

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: In 1925, young Michael lost his beloved toy dog while on vacation with his family. To comfort him, his father J.R.R. Tolkien came up with a story: a real dog was transformed into a toy dog by a magician, and later sent by the Beach Mage to the moon and the sea. Without The Roverandom, The Lord of the Rings might not have been born; it was precisely because stories like The Roverandom, filled with fantasy, were deeply loved by Tolkien himself and his children that they ultimately led to more ambitious works—The Hobbit and the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. This book includes five fantasy short stories, including The Roverandom: Farmer Giles is ordered to slay a dragon; Hobbits, a princess, dwarves, giants, and Bombadil embark on an adventure together; Painter Nigel cannot paint the perfect leaf in his lifetime; after his death, he harvests a perfect forest; the son of a blacksmith accidentally eats a magical cake and gains an unexpected visit to the fairyland. The book is accompanied by five illustrations hand-drawn by Tolkien himself, making it a treasure worth forever cherishing for The Lord of the Rings fans!