Mr Bliss

Informationen zum Autor J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion , plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion , plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Klappentext The first ever trade edition of Tolkien's illustrated tale about the eccentric Mr Bliss, whose motorcar is hijacked by 3 bears. Illustrated by Tolkien himself. Zusammenfassung The first ever trade edition of Tolkien’s illustrated tale about the eccentric Mr Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, whose whimsical decision to buy a motor car quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters.

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'Owes a little to Beatrix Potter in its ironical humour and to Edward Lear in the style of its drawings, though Tolkien's approach is less grotesque and more delicate than Lear's.' Humphrey Carpenter
'A celebration, in the spirit of The Wind in the Willows, of a vanished, vulgar England where everybody did - and spoke - exactly as he pleased, and life was consequently a series of amiable abrupt collisions, feebly refereed by the police in the shape of Sergeant Boffin. Although the book ought to feel dated, ... dating has done little harm to Tom Kitten or Mr Badger, and there seems no reason why it should here.' Tom. Shippey, Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: John R R Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Assisted by: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9780007436194
• ISBN: 978-0-00-743619-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 204 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Tolkien; Tolkien
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Fantasy / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories