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Grimms' Fairytales - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations

By Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm, Lucy Crane (Translator), Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Introduction)
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By Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm, Lucy Crane (Translator), Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Introduction)
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GRIMMS’ FAIRY TALES – A BOOK THAT INSPIRED TOLKIEN. With original illustrations. THE PROFESSOR’S BOOKSHELF #10

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, made specific mention of the brothers Grimm In his essay ‘On Fairy Stories’. In his essay he mentioned his love of a tale by the name of ‘The Juniper Tree’ in the Red Fairy Book, renamed ‘The Almond Tree’ for British audiences.

Tolkien mined the folklore of the Grimm brothers for literary gems. Cecilia Dart-Tho...

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