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Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien, Pauline Baynes
5.0

Smith of Wootton Major is possibly my favorite story by Tolkien. It tells of a man’s travels into Faerie and manages to pack into its 50 pages the same feelings of wonder, fulfillment, and loss that the Lord of the Rings takes over 1000 pages to achieve. A truly beautiful story.

Farmer Giles of Ham is a real treat with plenty of inside jokes for the philologically minded. A terrific blend of scholarship (!) and humor.