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Leaf by Niggle
Leaf by Niggle | J. R. R. Tolkien
Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkiene(tm)s remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do. For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas e" a curious picture of a tree with a vast landscape stretching out behind it. The painting keeps getting bigger and bigger, but Niggle has a journey to make. In 1939 Tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work The Lord of the Rings to a conclusion. One morning he woke up with the story Leaf by Niggle complete in his mind and wrote it down. This poignant story, about an artist on a curious journey, is often seen as an allegory of the writere(tm)s own creative process and life. Published to coincide with a new touring stage production of the story, this is the first time the story has been published in its own volume, enabling readers to savour one of Tolkiene(tm)s most elegant, haunting and least-known short stories.
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Silberloewe
Leaf by Niggle | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Today I got a new book from J.R.R. Tolkien 🤗
It is a short story with only approx. 60 pages but I'm curious how it is!

I will let you know :)

#FellowshipofTolkien #newbook

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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JazzFeathers I bet that's how Middle Earth was born 😆 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers That‘s what I thought too, he started with one small idea or story and it grew...the strange birds settling and needed backstories and whole epics, LOL 7y
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JazzFeathers
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This is such a strange story, so different from all others l read by Tolkien. Almost kafkian, in a sense. And certainly autobiographical.
And it's so strange, in a way it felt so familiar and still so weird and different. I love it that in spite of the many things that could end badly, it actually ended with hope.

#YearOfTolkien #LotRChapterADay

Daisey I'm still behind but really looking forward to reading this one this evening. 7y
JazzFeathers @Daisey lt is very different. I didn't expect this kind of story. Tolkien was really able to write any kind of magic story 😍 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I loved this one when I read it earlier this year, and even more so now....it reminds me so much of his writing style as we delve more into it, writing stories, tweaking them, adding more, slowly growing into a whole. 7y
Daisey @JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I just finished this and it really was interesting. I agree so different in many ways from his other stories, yet also such an intriguing autobiographical and magical comparison. 7y
JazzFeathers @Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa l couldn't hepl but thinking at his own writing life when he describes as the picture grew ever more over time and more details camd into view. 7y
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TheBookselvesOfMillie
Leaf by Niggle | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Just read this short story by J.R.R. Tolkien 🌿 a very cute read, especially when you are sat under a tree in the sun! 🌞 the cover features a beautiful sketch #CoverLove The story is quaint and draws many parallels with Tolkien's life at the time of writing, it is a wonderfully curious journey 🍄 #Tolkien #LeafByNiggle #ShortStory #ReliefFromTheDissertation

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