num_pages: 62
description: This collection includes two of Tolkien's best fairy stories. The world of Faery is the setting for Smith of Wootton Major. The preparation of Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children was a human, cheerful occasion, but other less material powers were at work and the world of man and of Faery met and blended in a strange, haunting union.Leaf by Niggle is an apt and beautiful illustration of Tolkien's theory that fairy stories about the Faery have either own literary value and should not be seen either as academic exercises or as stories written specifically for children.
language: English
title: Smith of Wootton Major
titlecomplete: Smith of Wootton Major
genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Literature, British Literature, Childrens, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction, Classics, Audiobook, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 5146
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies
publisher: Houghton Mifflin