{"product_id":"9780141393742","title":"The Wanderer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLegends from the Ancient North: Five classics of Norse literature that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien's epic vision in \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegendary fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating, and teaching the ancient tales of northern Europe at Oxford and drew on them for his own writing. These epic stories, with their wizards and knights, dragons and trolls, cursed rings and magic swords, are as fascinating today as they were thousands of year ago. Reading them brings us as close as we will ever get to the magical worlds of the Vikings and the origins of their twentieth-century counterpart: Tolkien’s Middle Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of the earliest verse in English, heroic poems celebrate the courage, loyalty, and strength of the ancient world: in \"The Battle of Maldon\" a brave Anglo-Saxon army attempt to fend off a Viking invasion; \"The Wanderer\" and \"The Seafarer\" reflect on exile, loss and destiny; and \u003ci\u003eThe Exeter Riddles\u003c\/i\u003e are witty linguistic puzzles that directly influenced Golum's famous riddles in Tolkien's \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064137269488,"sku":"9780141393742","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141393742_p0.jpg?v=1763655953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141393742","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}