Tales from the Perilous Realm is a compilation of some of the lesser-known writings of J. R. R. Tolkien released in 2008 by HarperCollins.
Contents
- "Farmer Giles of Ham", a short story about an English farmer who encounters a dragon. Tolkien's title page, written in Latin, is missing from this edition. Garm, previously drawn by Pauline Baynes as a greyhound, is now drawn by Alan Lee as a Mastiff.
- "Smith of Wootton Major", another short story, set partly in Faerie and partly in the area near Oxford.
- "Leaf by Niggle", a highly allegorical short story often (including here) published in tandem with the essay "On Fairy-Stories" as Tree and Leaf.
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, a collection of poems claiming to be "of hobbit origin" (and the only item in the compilation that is directly related to Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings).
- "Roverandom", a novella (longer than the rest, shorter than The Hobbit) which is added as part of the newest edition (illustrated by Alan Lee).
See also
- The Tolkien Reader, a similar collection, containing a slightly different (but overlapping) assortment of material.
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Ofermod and Beorhtnoth's Death (1953) · Middle English "Losenger": Sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry (1953)
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