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When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruelest of fates. Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and tried three times to kill him when he was still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and the magical powers of the black dog Musti, who guards him. 'Hapless Kullervo,' as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. The present text is, I hope, an improved representation of what Tolkien intended.The first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. I am also grateful for the opportunity to refine my first transcription of the manuscript, restore inadvertent omissions, emend conjectural readings, and correct typos that found their way into print. I welcome the chance to introduce this complex character to a wider readership than heretofore. Yet those traits add realism to his character, making him perversely appealing in spite of, or perhaps because of, them. Kullervo son of Kalervo is, perhaps, the least ingratiating of TolkienвЂ™s heroes: uncouth, moody, bad-tempered and vengeful, as well as physically

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Kindle eBooks can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. Manuscript title page of the essay, вЂOn вЂњThe KalevalaвЂќвЂ™, written in J.R.R. R., Flieger, Verlyn: 9780008166724: Books - Amazon.ca. Manuscript title page written inДњhristopher TolkienвЂ™s hand.Д¤.Дќiscontinuous notes and rough plot synopsis.Д¦. Tolkien, Kalevala, and вЂThe Story of KullervoвЂ™ by VerlynДџliegerДЎ. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.Д®bookДћdition В© MayД’014 ISBN:Д™780008131371 TolkienДќrawingsД7, foliosД‘8,Д‘9, MS TolkienД›Д¦4/6, foliosД‘,Д’,Д– &Д’1, and MS TolkienД›Д–1, folioД‘26.ДЄДњIP catalogue record for this book is available from theД›ritish Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-AmericanДњopyrightД¬onventions.Д›y payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. The illustrations and typescript and manuscript pages are reproduced courtesy of TheД›odleian Library, University of Oxford and are selected from their holdings labelled MS.

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