Tales from a dangerous realm

The world we need to read about Four short stories and a collection of poems take us not to Middle-earth this time, but to the mysterious fairyland of Faëria, which Tolkien introduces in the final essay. Let yourself be invited into the world of fantasy J. R. R. Tolkien. This time not to Middle-earth, but in four short stories, a collection of poems and an essay to places of imagination, where, for example, a dog cursed into a toy regains its dog form by performing tasks for a good wizard (Rover the Tramp). Tolkien's original world is also inhabited by Monty Python's peasant Jilja, who comes to extort the dragon of his treasure (Jilja of Oujezd), or Tom Bombadil, whose stories are childishly naive, sad and painful. The painter Nimral, Tolkien's alter-ego, is better at painting leaves than trees. Nimral's short story The Letter is full of humour and melancholy, tenderness and kindness. The blacksmith from Velká Lesná will attract you with his fairy-tale journey. These characters inhabit the mysterious fairyland of Faëria, which Tolkien introduces in the final essay. The world of Professor Tolkien is, as in all his works, elaborated to the smallest detail, it is funny, kind and above all fabulous. A world where good always triumphs over evil. A world we need to read about now.