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RoverandomRoverandom

Roverandom1998

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond

3.8(49)on Hardcover

About this book

Roverandom is a novella written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a normal-sized dog. The author wrote Roverandom for his son Michael Tolkien to amuse him upon the loss of his favorite toy — a little leaden dog. The work is in tone a children's story, but contains many allusions and references in the manner of "Farmer Giles of Ham".

Details

First published
1998
OL Work ID
OL27488W

Subjects

DogsFictionDragonsFantasyMagicChildren's StoryKidsAdeventureTravelMoonSeaOceanWizardsTransformationShapeshiftingMagierHundFantasy fiction

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