Smith of Wootton Major

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Overview:

Title: Smith of Wootton Major
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Year: 2005
ISBN-10: 0007202474
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Pages: 149
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Chapter Book
Title Reference: Smith of Wootton Major
Notes: "edited by Verlyn Flieger." (OCLC) From the jacket (according to OCLC): "Now, almost 40 years on, this tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the periolous realm of Faery is being republished; but in addition to a facsimile of the illustrated first edition this new version includes a manuscript of Tolkein'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chronology and alternate ending of the story, and a lengthy essay on the nature of Faery, all of which is previously unpublished. Contained within Smith of Wootton Major are many links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as Tolkien's other tales, and in this 'extended edition' the reader will finally discover the full story behind this major piece of short fiction."