Epic Genre
Books in the Epic genre:
Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws (1946)
Robin Hood and his merry men make life difficult for the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
J. Walker McSpadden
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Song of Robin Hood (1947)
Author(s):
Grace Castagnetta
Anne Malcolmson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
As war clouds gather over Middle-Earth, hobbits, elves, men and a wizard gather to plan their response.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Two Towers (1954)
The members of the Fellowship of the Ring are scattered as the forces of Mordor and Isengard put forth their power.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Return of the King (1955)
In the final book of the Lord of the Rings, Bilbo reaches Mount Doom and the armies of the West confront Sauron.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Bird of Dawning (1956)
The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
This is the fourth English edition.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
A. R. Thomson, R.A.
The Black Fox of Lorne (1956)
Tenth-century Viking twins are shipwrecked on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father.
Author(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
The Last Battle (1956)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Song of Roland (1961)
Author(s):
Hilda Cummings Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Lord of the Rings (1963)
This was a deluxe edition issued in a publisher’s slipcase with a tryptych illlustration by Pauline Baynes.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton (1966)
This collection includes The Ballad of the White Horse as well as the shorter poems.
Author(s):
G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
None
The Lord of the Rings (1968)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Noah’s Ark (1977)
Author(s):
Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Silmarillion (1977)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth (1980)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
None
The Hobbit (1981)
Having been retained as a burglar by a group of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins sets out one fine spring day for the Lonely Mountain.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1981)
Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Creation (1983)
Author(s):
Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Mouldy (1983)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 (1984)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
None
Paul Bunyan (1984)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Pecos Bill (1986)
Pecos Bill is the epic hero of the settling of the southwest.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Tolkien’s World (1992)
A group of artists contribute paintings that illustrate passages from J. R. R. Tolkien’s works.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Various
Morgoth’s Ring (1993)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
None
The Two Towers (1999)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Last Battle (2007)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
David Wiesner
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