Tales from the Perilous Realm Audiobook (Free)

Combined into one volume, this is actually the definitive collection of Tolkien’s five acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tales in the vein of ‘The Hobbit’, browse by Derek Jacobi.

The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that produced The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are joined within one volume which reaffirms Tolkien’s place like a master storyteller for readers young and older.

• Roverandom can be a toy pet dog who, enchanted about Stories through the Perilous Realm with a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter unusual and fabulous creatures;

• Farmer Giles of Ham is body fat and unheroic, but – having unwittingly were able to scare off a short-sighted huge – is called upon to accomplish battle when a dragon involves town;

• The Activities of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom’s many travels with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls;

• Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who pieces out to color the perfect tree;

• Smith of Wootton Main journeys to the Property of Faery because of the magical elements of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.

Taken collectively, this rich assortment of function from the author of The Children of Húrin provides the reader with a remarkable trip into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.