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Roverandom

By J.R.R. Tolkien

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| Paperback | 9780007149117

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In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to dig in the sand. To console and distract him, his father, J. R. R. Tolkien, improvised a story - the story of Rover, a real dContinue

In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to dig in the sand. To console and distract him, his father, J. R. R. Tolkien, improvised a story - the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy, who, after many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, at last wins back his life. This charming tale, peopled by a wise old whale and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, was a Tolkien family favorite, going through several typewritten drafts over many years. In 1936, Tolkien submitted it to his British publishers as a possible follow-up to The Hobbit. What his publishers really wanted, however, was another story about Middle-earth, and so he set aside this little book to begin his masterwork, The Lord of the Rings.

Critics

  • Hobbit forming

    Roverandom is an early fantasy of Tolkien 's, first told orally in 1925 to his children while on holiday, and subsequently polished over a number of drafts. In 1936 or '37 it was submitted to George Allen and Unwin, where it was assessed (by the chai ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010

  • Roverandom By J.R.R. Tolkien

    With The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien secured for himself a special place in fantasy literature. Many of those tales of Middle-earth were originally written or spoken as family stories and letters to Tolkien's children, and his ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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