a collection of works thought to have influenced Tolkien's writing
- The Princess and the Goblin (1872) George MacDonald • wikipedia • gutenberg
- She: A History of Adventure (1887) H. Rider Haggard • wikipedia • gutenberg
- The Wood Beyond the World (1894) William Morris • wikipedia • gutenberg
- The Well at the World's End (1896) William Morris • wikipedia • gutenberg
- The Black Douglas (1899) by S. R. Crockett • wikipedia • gutenberg
- The Book of Wonder (1912) by Lord Dunsany • wikipedia • gutenberg
- A Voyage to Arcturus (1920) David Lindsay • wikipedia • gutenberg
- The Worm Ouroboros (1922) E. R. Eddison • wikipedia • gutenberg
If you have other suggestions for out-of-copyright works to include, please contact me.
raw/
— the raw files downloaded from Project Gutenbergtxt/
— the cleaned up text files with Project Gutenberg boilerplate removedxml/
— XML versions of each work marked upmetadata.tsv
— summary of metadata on each work