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Chargement... Smith of Wootton Major (édition 2015)par J R R Tolkien (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreSmith of Wootton Major: Extended Edition par J. R. R. Tolkien
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. In the village of Wootton Major, The Feast of Good Children is held every twenty-four years. Twenty-four children are invited and the feast ends with an extraordinary Great Cake. During one of these celebrations, a very special ingredient is hidden in the cake. A young boy swallows it, only finding it months later when it makes itself known. It's a star, but not just any star, it's a star that grants him entry to the Land of Faery. It's a short but lovely story written quite beautifully. It's definitely an adventure even if it shares traits with The Lord of the Rings; there isn't really much happening other than his exploring of the Land of Faery. That's the adventure. Perhaps not exciting but both heart-warming and gut-wrenching as it's more or less a metaphor about growing old and losing more and more of that creativity and the colourful imagination. By the end of the story, the man has to give back the star. He can still enter Land of Faery but is unable to discover anything new; he can only visit the parts he's already seen. But even without that metaphor, it's a nice little fantasy story. Not that I was expecting anything less from Tolkien himself. He sure knows how to write a good story. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after 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, almost 50 years on, this enchanting tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the perilous realm of Faery is being published once again as a pocket hardback. 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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