大伍屯的铁匠 Smith of Wootton Major

基本信息

Illustrated by:Pauline Baynes

Edited by:Verlyn Flieger

Format:Paperback / softback 224 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:HarperCollins

ISBN:9780008737672

Published:27 Mar 2025

Weight:270g

Dimensions:198 x 129 (mm)

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书籍简介

这是 J.R.R. 托尔金的主要短篇小说之一，也是他在《指环王》出版后少有完成的作品，这是一本迷人的新平装本。

乔治·麦克唐纳 (George MacDonald) 为《金钥匙》所写的序言，发展成为这部迷人的短篇小说，托尔金以此命名，以暗示 P.G. 伍德豪斯 (P.G. Wodehouse) 的早期作品。《伍顿少校的史密斯》创作于《指环王》问世近十年后，当时他毕生从事的《精灵宝钻》事业即将结束，这部作品是他成熟的经验和反思的产物。它于 1967 年以小精装本的形式出版，配有波琳·贝恩斯 (Pauline Baynes) 绘制的迷人黑白插图，也是托尔金有生之年出版的z后一部小说作品。

如今，50 多年过去了，这个关于流浪者进入危险的仙境的迷人故事再次以平装本形式出版。这里包含了许多与中土世界以及托尔金其他故事的有趣联系，新版本还附有插图版一版的复制品、托尔金早期故事草稿的手稿、注释和另一个结局，以及一篇关于仙灵本质的长篇文章。

A charming new paperback edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after the publication of The Lord of the Rings.

What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the ‘Silmarillion’ was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was the product of ripened experience and reflection. It was published in 1967 as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in Tolkien’s own lifetime.

Now, more than 50 years on, this enchanting tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the perilous realm of Faery is being published once again in paperback. Contained here are many intriguing links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as to Tolkien’s other tales, and this new edition is enhanced with a facsimile of the illustrated first edition, a manuscript of Tolkien’s early draft of the story, notes and an alternate ending, and a lengthy essay on the nature of Faery.

作者简介

J.R.R.托尔金 (1892-1973) 是一位杰出的学者，但他知名的作品是《霍比特人》、《指环王》和《精灵宝钻》，以及其他故事和散文。他的书已被翻译成 80 多种语言，在全球售出数百万册。

Verlyn Flieger 是马里兰大学的英语教授，也是比较神话学的专家，专注于 J.R.R. 托尔金。她教授凯尔特、亚瑟王、印度教、美洲原住民和北欧神话的本科和研究生课。

Pauline Baynes 是一位英国插画家，因其为 C.S. Lewis 的《纳尼亚传奇》所做的作品而闻名。J.R.R. 托尔金非常欣赏她的作品，她先是被邀请为他的《哈姆的农夫吉尔斯》做插画，然后是《汤姆·邦巴迪尔历险记》。她的工作跨越了 60 年，1968 年她获得了凯特·格林纳威奖章。 1999 年，她为《哈姆的农夫吉尔斯》 50 周年纪念版绘制了一幅小王国地图。保琳·贝恩斯于 2008 年去世。

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Verlyn Flieger is a Professor of English at the University of Maryland and is a specialist in comparative mythology with a concentration in J.R.R. Tolkien. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Celtic, Arthurian, Hindu, Native American, and Norse myth.

Pauline Baynes was a British illustrator renowned for her work on C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. J.R.R. Tolkien admired her work so much that she was invited to illustrate first his Farmer Giles of Ham and then The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Her work spanned 60 years, and in 1968 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 she drew a map of the Little Kingdom for the 50th anniversary edition of Farmer Giles of Ham. Pauline Baynes died in 2008.