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Title Statement | Smith of Wootton Major / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Verlyn Flieger. |
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Author | Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 |
Additional Contributors | Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973 |
Flieger, Verlyn,1933- | |
Publication | London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. |
Edition | Extended ed. |
Extent of Item | 149 p. |
ISBN | 0007202474 |
Other Number | 1512332 |
General Notes | Includes a manuscript of Tolkien's early draft of the story, notes on the genesis, chronology and alternate ending of the story, and a lengthy essay on the nature of faery. |
Summary | In the first story, Smith is a little boy who unknowingly swallows a fay-star, placed in a cake by the king of fairies. For the rest of his life the fay-star brings him all manner of wonderment and joy. The time comes when Smith must pass the star on to another child. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Fairies--Juvenile fiction |
Dragons--Juvenile fiction | |
By Genre | Fantasy fiction |