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Roverandom is a short children's story by J.R.R. Tolkien, written in 1927, that tells of the adventures of a young dog named Rover. 

Roverandom was also included in the compilation Tales from the Perilous Realm, released in 1997, along with Farmer Giles of Ham, "Leaf by Niggle", and other short tales. 

In 2005, the story was released as an audiobook, narrated by Derek Jacobi and published by HarperCollins.

Synopsis[]

Rover has been turned into a toy after biting the wizard Artaxerxes. He meets the Man on the Moon, goes under the Deep Blue Sea and befriends other dogs, all the while searching for the wizard to attain his original size again.

Background[]

Tolkien and his family went to the beach at Filey in 1925. During the trip Tolkien's second son Michael lost his favorite toy dog on the beach. When they could not find it Tolkien invented a story about the little dog and his adventures to cheer his son. Later, in 1927, he wrote the tale down and a few years later, after the printing of The Hobbit, submitted it for publication to George Allen & Unwin. However it was never published by them. Not until 1998 was published by itself by HarperCollins. A publication was soon curated by Tolkien editors Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

Portrayal in adaptations[]

The Lord of the Rings Online[]

In The Lord of the Rings Online, Roverandom is part of a quest in the village of Dwaling in the Shire. Here there is a hobbit named Ronald, whose son lost his favorite toy dog during a picnic. The player must find the toy dog to complete the quest.

Appearances and mentions[]

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Characters

Species and creatures

Locations

Factions, groups and titles

Events

Objects and artifacts

  • Black Swan
  • Complaints
  • Fountain-pen wand
  • News of the World
  • Ocean Notions
  • Red Worm
  • Shell-carriages
  • The Conch
  • The Illustrated Weekly Weed
  • The Mer-mail
  • The Morning Splash

Miscellanea


Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Arabic روفيراندووم
Belarusian Cyrillic Роверандом
Bulgarian Cyrillic Роувърандъм
Czech Tulák Rover
Georgian როვერანდომი
Greek Ροβεράντομ
Japanese 仔犬のローヴァーの冒険
Macedonian Cyrillic Роверандом
Norwegian Rundtomrask
Polish Łazikanty
Russian Роверандом
Serbian Роверандом (Cyrillic) Roverandom (Latin)
Ukrainian Cyrillic Роверандом
Urdu روورانڈوم
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