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راورندوم
Sign in to saveRoverandom is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925, about the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the Moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a normal-sized dog. The author wrote Roverandom for his son Michael to amuse him upon the loss of his favourite toy, a little leaden dog which he lost on a beach of grey shingle stones the same size and colour as the toy. The work is in tone a children's story, but contains many allusions and references in the manner of Farme
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Vinony's link graph records 186 inbound references to راورندوم, and connects out to The Tolkien Reader, Iran and Moon.
It is catalogued under topics including 1998 short stories, Animal tales and Fantasy short stories.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Book · Open Library
- Author
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- First published
- 1998
- Editions
- 22
- Subjects
- Dogs, Fiction, Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, Children's Story, Kids, Adeventure
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Roverandom
- Book.image
- TolkienRoverandom.png
- Book.caption
- Hardback edition, featuring Tolkien's illustration of a fantasized moonscape
- Book.border
- yes
- Book.editor
- Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond
- Book.author
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Book.country
- United Kingdom
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Children's literature
- Book.publisher
- HarperCollins (UK)
- Book.release_date
- 1998
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- Book.pages
- 144 (hardback)
- Book.isbn
- 978-0007523283
- Book.preceded_by
- The Peoples of Middle-earth
- Book.followed_by
- The Children of Húrin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- inception
- 1936-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Roverandom
- form of creative work
- novella
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