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Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time, in a fully illustrated volume. This new, definitive collection of works -- which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 -- comes with a brand-new foreword and endmatter, and with a...
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
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Poems and Stories shows J.R.R. Tolkien's vast talents as storyteller and critic through an important collection of his shorter works. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is a collection of delightful songs and verses featuring a number of hobbit legends, from tales of princesses, dwarves and trolls, to stories of Old Oliphaunt and the Man in the Moon. The dramatic poem The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, unavailable in any other edition, is a moving lament for...
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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With selections covering the wide range of the author's fiction, this collection of Clive Barker's narratives wends through his favorite themes--visionary experience, dreams, love, terror, revenge, heaven, and hell--and shares a few previously unpublished stories.
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
1977-<1980>
Language
English
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"Stories chosen by a panel of judges as the best works of fantasy published in the English language in 1973-1974, together with portions of the panel discussions, acceptance speeches and commentary by outstanding writers in the field." --
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English
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends (and enemies), and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The tale plays...
12) William Morris
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Twayne's English authors ; 262
Publisher
G. Prior
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
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English
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What can we still learn from C.S. Lewis? Find out in these 12 insightful lectures that cover the author's spiritual autobiography, novels, and his scholarly writings that reflect on pain and grief, love and friendship, prophecy and miracles, and education and mythology. This is your chance to explore a canon of literary work that speaks volumes about the imaginative, emotional, and spiritual power of literature. As you delve into the depths of
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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For all those who journey to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, here is the complete guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages, and people. The Complete Tolkien Companion explains, translates, and links every single reference, names, dates, places, facts, famous weapons, even food and drink, to be found in Tolkien's world, which includes not only The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings but also The Simarillion and many other posthumously published...
