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Nuradar
Rohan
Aug 13 2015, 6:47pm
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Smith of Wootton Major **(spoilers)**
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I recently finished reading Smith of Wootton Major. In this beautiful little story, there are Elves, with an Elven King. Is this an entirely different realm from Middle Earth, or is this an Elven kingdom we would know from ME? Thanks.
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Nuradar
Rohan
Aug 15 2015, 9:50am
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Ok, thanks for that clarification. That actually makes a lot of sense. I'm glad they're separate narratives and separate "places". I really enjoyed Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major.
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Lorien
Aug 17 2015, 4:36pm
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Did you enjoy the story on fave value or did you think of it as an allegory? If so, of what? Have you read any of George MacDonald's works? I guess Tolkien wrote this in response to one of his stories. (I read one of his fairy stories, The Princess and the Goblin, and wasn't a fan. But, I like some of his other works.)
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Nuradar
Rohan
Aug 19 2015, 4:26pm
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I read it the same as TH and LOTR
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I know that Tolkien was a religious person, so I assume he believed in spirits, but I don't see this as an allegory in the true meaning. I see it simply as a work of fantasy. I have not ready anything by George MacDonald. I really did enjoy the stories and poems in Tales of the Perilous Realm, however. I particularly enjoyed discovering the poem from which came the song that Bofur sang at Rivendell in the EE of AUJ. It was nice to see it put to a different rhythm and melody than what I had in my head for the poem. Thanks.
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