J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium’ that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children’s stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
Classic hardback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, featuring Tolkien’s own painting of the dragon Glaurung on the cover, which continues the tales of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin.
Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author.
The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf’s lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan.
Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien’s son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father’s writings.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Begin your journey into Middle-earth.
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor.
To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out.
Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?
Beren and Lúthien
J.R.R. Tolkien
The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost. Published on the tenth anniversary of the last Middle-earth book, the international bestseller The Children of Húrin, this new volume will similarly include drawings and color plates by Alan Lee, who also illustrated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and went on to win Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
The Children of Húrin
J.R.R. Tolkien
This tale of Middle-earth's First Age, which appeared in incomplete forms in the posthumously published The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, also edited by Tolkien's son, Christopher, only hinted at the depth and power of the tragic story of Túrin and Niënor, the children of Húrin, the lord of Dor-lómin, who achieved renown for having confronted Morgoth, who was the master of Sauron, the manifestation of evil in the Lord of the Rings.
Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a deadly new leader rises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth -- awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Begin your journey into Middle-earth.
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
De två tornen (Ringarnas herre #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
"En ring att styra dem, en ring att se dem,en ring att fånga dem och till mörkret ge dem,i Mordor, i skuggornas land"Hobbiten Frodo har fått ta över den magiska ring hans farbror Bilbo en gång vann av Gollum. Gandalf grå inser att det är den stora ringen som en gång smiddes av den onde Sauron och som styr alla andra maktens ringar.Tillsammans med följerslagarna Sam, Merry och Pippin ger sig Frodo ut på en lång färd för att förgöra ringen i Eldsberget i Mordor. Annars kan ondskan snart komma att härska över Midgård.Ringarnas herre nyöversattes 2004-05 av Erik Andersson och Lotta Olsson.De två tornen:Merry och Pippin blir tillfångatagna av orker, men lyckas fly in i Fangornskogen där de träffar enten Trädskägge. Aragorn, Gimli och Legolas får snart kontakt med Rohans ryttareoch rider med dem mot Sarumans ointagliga torn Orthanc.Frodo och Sam har flytt från tumultet och stöter på Gollum. De lyckas nästan övervinna hans fiendskap och han hjälper dem att hitta en hemlig ingång till Mordor. Men den vaktas av den vederstyggliga jättespindeln Lockan.
Konungens återkomst (Ringarnas herre #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
"En ring att styra dem, en ring att se dem,en ring att fånga dem och till mörkret ge dem,i Mordor, i skuggornas land"Hobbiten Frodo har fått ta över den magiska ring hans farbror Bilbo en gång vann av Gollum. Gandalf grå inser att det är den stora ringen som en gång smiddes av den onde Sauron och som styr alla andra maktens ringar.Tillsammans med följerslagarna Sam, Merry och Pippin ger sig Frodo ut på en lång färd för att förgöra ringen i Eldsberget i Mordor. Annars kan ondskan snart komma att härska över Midgård.Ringarnas herre nyöversattes 2004-05 av Erik Andersson och Lotta Olsson.Konungens återkomst:Saruman har besegrats, men kampen är inte över. Mordors styrkor har nämligen siktats in sig på konungarnas gamla stad Minas Tirith i Gondor, och ett slag verkar oundvikligt på Pelennors fält.Samtidigt fortsätter Frodo, Sam och Gollum sin tröstlösa vandring i Mordor, över Gorgorothplattan för att förgöra ringen i Domberget. Hela tiden måste de undvika Saurons öga som vakar i Barad-dûr.
Ringens brödraskap (Ringarnas herre #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
"En ring att styra dem, en ring att se dem,en ring att fånga dem och till mörkret ge dem,i Mordor, i skuggornas land"Hobbiten Frodo har fått ta över den magiska ring hans farbror Bilbo en gång vann av Gollum. Gandalf grå inser att det är den stora ringen som en gång smiddes av den onde Sauron och som styr alla andra maktens ringar.Tillsammans med följerslagarna Sam, Merry och Pippin ger sig Frodo ut på en lång färd för att förgöra ringen i Eldsberget i Mordor. Annars kan ondskan snart komma att härska över Midgård.Ringarnas herre nyöversattes 2004-05 av Erik Andersson och Lotta Olsson.Ringens Brödraskap:Vid Alvkonungen Elronds stora råd i Riftedal bestäms att Frodo till sin hjälp ska få följeslagare från Midgårds alla goda folkslag. I ringens brödraskap ingår människorna Aragorn och Boromir, alven Legolas, dvärgen Gimli och trollkarlen Gandalf.På sin väg över höga berg och genom djupa grottor stöter de på en balrog, orker och de hemska nazgûlerna ringryttarna. Men de får hjälp av alverna i skogsriket Lothlórien och deras drottning Galadriel.
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of Lost Tales 1 stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narratve frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true story, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; and the geography and cosmology of the invented world.
The Fall of Arthur
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere’s infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred’s rebels and foreign mercenaries. Powerful, passionate, and filled with vivid imagery, this unfinished poem reveals Tolkien’s gift for storytelling at its brilliant best.
Christopher Tolkien, editor, contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work his father applied to bring the poem to a finished form, and investigate the intriguing links between The Fall of Arthur and Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
Tales from the Perilous Realm
J.R.R. Tolkien
'Four classic tales from the author of The Hobbit The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax: Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree: Hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in the adventures of Tom Bombadil: and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake. This definitive collection of J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed short stories and poems reaffirms his status as a master storyteller for readers young and old. FARMER GILES OF HAM 1949 A fabulous tale of the days when giants and dragons walked the kingdom - SUNDAY TIMES LEAF BY NIGGLE 1964 A haunting and successful demonstration of the qualities of faerie - NEW YORK TIMES THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL 1961 Something close to genius - THE LISTENER SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR 1967 Whoever reads it at eight will no doubt still be going back to it at eighty - NEW STATESMAN
The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
J.R.R. Tolkien
First published in 1938, The Hobbit is a story that “grew in the telling,” and many characters and events in the published book are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their “fireside reads.” For the first time, The History of the Hobbit reproduces the original version of one of literature’s most famous stories, and includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit created by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien’s professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how he came to revise the book in the years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Hobbiten
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins is a reasonably typical hobbit: fond of sleeping, eating, drinking, parties and presents. However, it is his destiny to travel to the dwarflands in the east, to help slay the dragon Smaug. His quest takes him through enchanted forests, spiders' lairs, and under the Misty Mountains, where he comes across the vile Gollum, and tricks him out of his 'Precious' - a ring that makes its bearer invisible, and wields a terrible power of its own.
J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition:
"If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) - if you do not already know all about these things - much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period."
"For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise."
The Lord of the Rings: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
J.R.R. Tolkien
Begin your journey into Middle-earth.
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Middle-earth, a world of magic and adventure. A land full of tales spanning thousands of years.
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
J.R.R. Tolkien
This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Willow, the Badger-folk, the ghostly Barrowwight, a lovely princess, trolls, dwarves, and legendary beasts. A delightful volume of 16 songs, rhymes and poems from the acclaimed The Hobbit. Illustrated.
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 2)viii, 391 pp. "The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916, when he was twenty-five years old, and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and association, they are set in the narrative frame of the great westward voyage of a mariner named Eriel (or AElfwine). His destination is Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle where Elves dwell; from them he learns their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. The Tales include the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world. The Book of Lost Tales is published in two volumes. The first contains the Tales of Valinor; and this second past includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary, together with associated poems, and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary of the earliest Elvish languages. Additional books in this series will extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years and will include the long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other previously unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien."Keywords: FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION HISTORY MIDDLE EARTH JRR TOLKIEN BOOK OF LOST TALES
The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.
This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien’s world—those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Turin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Luthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress.
Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days, which was much developed during the years of the composition of the two Lays. Also included is the notable criticism in detail of the Lay of Lethian by C.S. Lewis, Tolkien's friend and colleague, who read the poem in 1929. By assuming that this poem is actually a fragment from a past lost in history, Lewis underlined the remarkable power of its author's imaginative talents and academic competence.
The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar: he is called the Lord of Waters, of all seas, lakes, and rivers under the sky. But he works in secret in Middle-earth to support the Noldor, the kindred of the Elves among whom were numbered Húrin and Túrin Turambar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo’s desires and designs. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo’s designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon’s daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Túrin and Idril, with the child Eärendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Eärendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources. Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same ‘history in sequence’ mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three ‘Great Tales’ of the Elder Days.
The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron.
It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien’s magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form.
Now, adhering to the timeline of ‘The Tale of Years’ in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new pencil illustrations by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee.
An Hobad
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bhí gnaoi an phobail riamh leis an sárscéal fantasaíochta seo faoi hobad darb ainm Biolbó Baigín agus é á sciobadh chun siúil gan choinne ar eachtra fhada in éineacht le Gandalf Draoi agus le trí abhac déag. Is scéal An Hobad faoi thuras a dhéanann Biolbó i gcuideachta na n-abhac le teacht ar thaisce ór a bhfuil dragan i seilbh uirthi. In aghaidh a thola ar dtús a ghlacann Biolbó Baigín páirt sa tóraíocht chontúirteach, mar is hobad gan uaillmhian é, atá an-tugtha do chompord an tsaoil. I ndeireadh na dála, áfach, cuireann sé iontas air féin lena sheiftiúlacht agus lena scil amhail buirgléir. I measc eachtraí eile buaileann Biolbó le troill, le púcaí, le habhaic, le heilbh agus le damháin alla ollmhóra, déanann sé comhrá le Smóg Dragan, agus bíonn sé i láthair go han-drogallach ag Cath na gCúig Arm. Tá Biolbó Baigín le háireamh i measc laochra neamhbhásmhara litríocht na bpáistí. Is dá pháistí féin a scríobh an tOllamh Tolkien an scéal an chéad lá agus bhain an bunleagan Béarla cáil dhomhanda amach a thúisce is a foilsíodh é. Anois tá leagan Gaeilge le fáil den chéad uair riamh in aistriúchán den scoth leis an Ollamh Nicholas Williams. Feicfear sa leabhar na pictiúir agus na léirscáileanna uile a rinne an t-údar féin.
The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: Three-Volume Box Set
J.R.R. Tolkien
World first publication of the collected poems of J.R.R. Tolkien spanning almost seven decades of the author’s life and presented in an elegant three-volume hardback boxed set.
J.R.R. Tolkien aspired to be a poet in the first instance, and poetry was part of his creative life no less than his prose, his languages, and his art. Although Tolkien’s readers are aware that he wrote poetry, if only from verses in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, its extent is not well known, and its qualities are underappreciated. Within his larger works of fiction, poems help to establish character and place as well as further the story; as individual works, they delight with words and rhyme. They express his love of nature and the seasons, of landscape and music, and of words. They convey his humour and his sense of wonder.
The earliest work in this collection, written for his beloved, is dated to 1910, when Tolkien was eighteen. More poems would follow during his years at Oxford, some of them very elaborate and eccentric. Those he composed during the First World War, in which he served in France, tend to be concerned not with trenches and battle, but with life, loss, faith, and friendship, his longing for England, and the wife he left behind. Beginning in 1914, elements of his legendarium, ‘The Silmarillion’, began to appear, and the ‘Matter of Middle-earth’ would inspire much of Tolkien’s verse for the rest of his life.
Within The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien almost 200 works are presented across three volumes, including more than 60 that have never before been seen. The poems are deftly woven together with commentary and notes by world-renowned Tolkien scholars Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond, placing them in the context of Tolkien’s life and literary accomplishments and creating a poetical biography that is a unique and revealing celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Story of Kullervo
J.R.R. Tolkien
The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery and who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father.
Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. ‘Hapless Kullervo’, as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny.
Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and who tries three times to kill him when still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and guarded by the magical powers of the black dog, Musti. 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 cruellest of fates.
Tolkien himself said that The Story of Kullervo was ‘the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own’, and was ‘a major matter in the legends of the First Age’. Tolkien’s Kullervo is the clear ancestor of Túrin Turambar, tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion. In addition to it being a powerful story in its own right, The Story of Kullervo – published here for the first time with the author’s drafts, notes and lecture-essays on its source-work, The Kalevala – is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien’s invented world.
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Can you imagine writing to Father Christmas and actually getting a reply? For more than twenty years, the children of J.R.R. Tolkien received letters from the North Pole - from Father Christmas himself! They told wonderful stories of mischief and disaster, adventures, and battles: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place, how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house, and many others.
Now, for the first time, these letters are brought to life with specially arranged holiday music.
REVIEW:
"Tolkien at his relaxed and ingenious best." The Times of London
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic extraordinary works of fiction as 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings', and 'The Silmarillion.' His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
©1997, 2004 (P)1997 Harper Collins UK
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power - the means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in his plan for dominion is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home and make a perilous journey across territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of fantasy works like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Listen as Tolkien reads The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Hoard, Perry-The-Winkle, and The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon. Also included is a reading of A Elbereth Gilthoniel in Elvish and "The Road Goes Ever on," sung by William Elvin with music by Donald Swann.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set: The Fellowship / The Two Towers / The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
Immerse yourself in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings ( The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers , and The Return of the King ) with this stunning four-volume, deluxe paperback boxed set. In The Hobbit , Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in Hobbiton by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves. He finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Gandalf the wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. Tolkien's three volume masterpiece is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale—a story of high and heroic adventure set in the unforgettable landscape of Middle-earth.
La Comunidad del Anillo (El Señor de los Anillos, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
En la adormecida e idílica Comarca, un joven hobbit recibe un encargo: custodiar el Anillo Único y emprender el viaje para su destrucción en la Grieta del Destino. Acompañado por magos, hombres, elfos y enanos, atravesará la Tierra Media y se internará en las sombras de Mordor, perseguido siempre por las huestes de Sauron, el Señor Oscuro, dispuesto a recuperar su creación para establecer el dominio definitivo del Mal.
Die Gefährten (Der Herr der Ringe, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Der Schauplatz des Herrn der Ringe ist Mittelerde, eine alternative Welt, und erzählt wird von der gefahrvollen Quest einiger Gefährten, die in einem dramatischen Kampf gegen das Böse endet.
Durch einen merkwürdigen Zufall fällt dem Hobbit Bilbo Beutlin ein Zauberring zu, dessen Kraft, käme er in die falschen Hände, zu einer absoluten Herrschaft des Bösen führen würde. Bilbo übergibt den Ring an seinen Neffen Frodo, der den Ring in der Schicksalskluft zerstören soll.
Hobbits sind kleine, gemütliche Leute, dabei aber erstaunlich zäh. Sie leben in einem ländlichen Idyll, dem Auenland.
Die zwei Türme (Der Herr der Ringe, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Der Schauplatz des Herrn der Ringe ist Mittelerde, eine alternative Welt, und erzählt wird von der gefahrvollen Quest einiger Gefährten, die in einem dramatischen Kampf gegen das Böse endet.
Durch einen merkwürdigen Zufall fällt dem Hobbit Bilbo Beutlin ein Zauberring zu, dessen Kraft, käme er in die falschen Hände, zu einer absoluten Herrschaft des Bösen führen würde. Bilbo übergibt den Ring an seinen Neffen Frodo, der den Ring in der Schicksalskluft zerstören soll.
Hobbits sind kleine, gemütliche Leute, dabei aber erstaunlich zäh. Sie leben in einem ländlichen Idyll, dem Auenland.
source: klett-cotta.de
Die Wiederkehr des Königs (Der Herr der Ringe, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Der Schauplatz des Herrn der Ringe ist Mittelerde, eine alternative Welt, und erzählt wird von der gefahrvollen Quest einiger Gefährten, die in einem dramatischen Kampf gegen das Böse endet.
Durch einen merkwürdigen Zufall fällt dem Hobbit Bilbo Beutlin ein
Zauberring zu, dessen Kraft, käme er in die falschen Hände, zu einer
absoluten Herrschaft des Bösen führen würde. Bilbo übergibt den Ring an seinen Neffen Frodo, der den Ring in der Schicksalskluft zerstören soll.
Hobbits sind kleine, gemütliche Leute, dabei aber erstaunlich zäh. Sie leben in einem ländlichen Idyll, dem Auenland.
Der kleine Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Im friedlichen Auenland verbringt der Hobbit Bilbo Beutlin sein wenig abenteuerliches Leben. Bis eines Tages 13 Zwerge und der legendäre Zauberer Gandalf uneingeladen zum Tee kommen -- von da an sind die geruhsamen Tage des behäbigen kleinen Hobbits vorbei. Ohne Hut und ohne Frühstück bricht er mit den Zwergen auf, um in einem fernen Land einen verlorenen Schatz wiederzugewinnen. Doch vorher begegnen sie Elben, Trollen, Orks und Riesenspinnen, durchwandern das Nebelgebirge und den Nachtwald, bis sie schließlich zum Einsamen Berg gelangen, wo der Drache Smaug den Schatz der Zwerge bewacht. Der kleine Hobbit ist ein Buch für Kinder ab 10 Jahren, die abenteuerliche Reisebeschreibung eines kleinen Wesens durch eine fremde Welt voller Phantasiegestalten. Aber gleichzeitig ist es auch der Grundstein und Auftakt des einflußreichsten Werkes der Fantasy-Literatur: Der Herr der Ringe. Der englische Sprachwissenschaftler Tolkien, der in seiner Gesellschaft die Verwurzelung in Mythen vermißte, hatte bereits vor dem kleinen Hobbit mit der Erschaffung einer völlig autonomen Phantasiewelt begonnen, die nicht nur eine eigene Schöpfungsgeschichte, sondern auch eine über viele Zeitalter währende Historie aufweist, mitsamt ihren Völkern, eigenen Sprachen und einer eigenen Geographie. In dieser Welt spielt die Geschichte von Bilbo Beutlin, und auch wenn vieles noch nicht so deutlich ausgemalt ist wie später im Herr der Ringe, so spürt man doch, daß diese Welt existiert -- irgendwo, irgendwann. Die kleine Geschichte ist Teil von weitaus größeren Ereignissen -- was in Der kleine Hobbit passiert, ist erst der Anfang. So trifft z.B. Bilbo Beutlin tief unter den Bergen auf ein einsames, ausgezehrtes Geschöpf namens Gollum, das einen Ring besitzt, der unsichtbar macht. Dieser Ring wird vom arglosen Bilbo gefunden und mitgenommen -- und er ist es, der dem späteren Werk seinen Namen verleiht. Ob man den kleinen Hobbit als Kind liest oder als Erwachsener -- auf jeden Fall ist es eine spannende, liebenswerte Geschichte, sprühend vor Phantasie. Eine Geschichte, die Sehnsucht erweckt nach mehr Geschichten von fremden Ländern, Abenteuern, Zauberringen und nach einem Wiedersehen mit jenem Wesen, dessen Erschaffung vielleicht Tolkiens größtes Verdienst ist: dem Hobbit. --Birgit Will
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
J.R.R. Tolkien
Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs and The New Lay of Gudrún.
In the "Lay of the Völsungs" is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In that court there sprang great love but also great hate, brought about by the power of the enchantress of the Niflungs, skilled in the arts of magic, of shape-changing and potions of forgetfulness.
In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. In the "Lay of Gudrún" her fate after the death of Sigurd is told, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers the Niflung lords, and her hideous revenge.
Deriving his version primarily from his close study of the ancient poetry of Norway and Iceland known as the Poetic Edda (and where no old poetry exists, from the later prose work Völsunga Saga), J.R.R. Tolkien employed a verse-form of short stanzas whose lines embody in English the exacting alliterative rhythms and the concentrated energy of the poems of the Edda.
The Lord of the Rings Box Set
J.R.R. Tolkien
A three-volume boxed set edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic The Lord of the Rings, featuring film act on the cover. The set includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.
From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.
On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard, Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
Saga of a group heroes who set forth to save their world from evil. A brotherhood of 'hobbits,' elves, dwarves, and people is formed to combat evil forces. Tolkien drew on his extensive knowledge of folklore and the classics to create the worlds and creatures described in the trilogy, which includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'. Then comes the war in Gondor, and the book ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. In describing his intentions for The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien said that 'It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going'; and in The War of the Ring totally unforeseen developmenst that would become central to the narrative are seen at the moment of their emergence: the palantir bursting into fragments on the stairs of Orthanc, its nature as unknown to the author as to those who saw it fall, or the entry of Faramir into the story ('I am sure I did not invent him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien').The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair.
Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth, #9)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In the first section of Sauron Defeated Christopher Tolkien completes his fascinating study of The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this section ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children's questions.
The second section is an edition of The Notion Club Papers, now published for the first time. These mysterious papers, discovered in the early years of the twenty-first century, report the discussions of an Oxford club in the years 1986-7, in which, after a number of topics, the centre of interest turns to the legends of Atlantis, the strange communications received by other members of the club from the past, and the violent irruption of the legend into the North-west of Europe.
Closely associated with the Papers is the new version of the Drowning of Anadûnê, which constitutes the third part of the book. At this time the language of the Men of the West, Adûnaic, was first devised, and the book concludes with an account of its structure provided by Arundel Lowdham, a member of the Notion Club, who learned it in his dreams.
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-earth, #7)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The second part of The History of The Lord of the Rings , an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, The Return of the Shadow . It races the great expansion of the tale into new lands and peoples south and east of the Misty the emerence of Lothlorien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard. In brief outlines and pencilled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are seen the first entry of Galadriel, the earliest ideas of the history of Gondor, and the original meeting of Aragorn and Eowyn, its significance destined to be wholly transformed. The book also contains a full account of the original map which was to be the basis of the emerging geography of Middle-earth.
Morgoth's Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #10)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In Morgoth's Ring, the tenth volume of The History of Middle-earth and the first of two companion volumes, Christopher Tolkien describes and documents the legends of the Elder Days, as they were evolved and transformed by his father in the years before he completed The Lord of the Rings. The text of the Annals of Aman, the "Blessed Land" in the far West, is given in full. And in writings never before published, we can see the nature of the problems that J.R.R. Tolkien explored in his later years as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the heart of the mythology. At this time Tokien sought to redefine the old legends, and wrote of the nature and destiny of Elves, the idea of Elvish rebirth, the origins of the Orcs, and the Fall of Men. His meditation of mortality and immortality as represented in the lives of Men and Elves led to another major writing at this time, the "Debate of Finrod and Andreth," which is reproduced here in full. "Above all," Christopher Tolkien writes in his foreward, "the power and significance of Melkor-Morgoth...was enlarged to become the ground and source of the corruption of Arda." This book indeed is all about Morgoth. Incomparably greater than the power of Sauron, concentrated in the One Ring, Morgoth's power (Tolkien wrote) was dispersed into the very matter of "The whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring."
The Shaping of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth, #4)
J.R.R. Tolkien
This is the fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien, the first two comprising The Book of Lost Tales Parts One and Two, and the third The Lays of Beleriand.
It has been given the title The Shaping of Middle-earth because the writings it includes display a great advance in the chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor. The hitherto wholly unknown "Ambarkanta," or Shape of the World, is the only account ever given of the nature of the imagined Universe, and it is accompanied by diagrams and maps of the world before and after the cataclysms of the War of the Gods and the Downfall of Numenor. The first map of Beleriand, in the North-west of Middle-earth, is also reproduced and discussed. In the "Annals of Valinor" and the "Annals of Beleriand" the chronology of the First Age is given shape; and with these are given the fragments of the translations into Anglo-Saxon made by Aelfwine, the Englishman who voyaged into the True West and came to Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle, where he learned the ancient history of Elves and Men.
Also included are the original "Silmarillion," written in 1926, from which all the later development proceeded, and the "Quenta Noldorinwa" of 1930, the only version of the myths and legends of the First Age that J.R.R. Tolkien completed to their end. As Christopher Tolkien continues editing the unpublished papers that form the bedrock from which The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion were quarried, the vastness of his father's accomplishment becomes even more extraordinary.
The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth, #5)
J.R.R. Tolkien
At the end of the 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien reluctantly set aside his now greatly elaborated work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien, completes the presentation of the whole compass of his writing on those themes up to that time. Later forms of the Annuals of Valinor and the Annals of Berleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified version, and a new map had been made; the myth of the Music of the Ainur had become a separate work; and the legend of the Downfall of Numenor had already entered in a primitive form, introducing the cardinal ideas of the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned time-travel story, The Lost Road, which was to link the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. A long essay, The Lhammas, had been written on the ever more complex relations of the languages and dialects of Middle-earth; and an etymological dictionary had been undertaken, in which a great number of words and names in the Elvish languages were registered and their formation explained - thus providing by far the most extensive account of their vocabularies that has appeared.
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth, #12)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.
The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-Earth, #11)
J.R.R. Tolkien
A analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic story of Middle Earth returns readers to the ruinous wars of Elves and Men against Morgoth, provides the full record of the "Grey Annals," and offers a detailed study of Beleriand geography with revised maps.
The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #6)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot. The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.
Roverandom
J.R.R. Tolkien
In 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach. To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, endured several drafts over the years. Now, more than seventy years later, the adventures of Rover are published for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and illustrated with Tolkien's own delightful drawings.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
J.R.R. Tolkien
Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún . In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. The Lay of Gudrún recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.
Kongen vender tilbage (Ringenes Herre, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
De to tårne
J.R.R. Tolkien
Eventyret om Ringen (Ringenes Herre, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Le Retour du roi (Le Seigneur des Anneaux, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Le Seigneur des Anneaux, Intégrale :
J.R.R. Tolkien
Les Deux Tours (Le Seigneur des Anneaux, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
La Communauté de l'Anneau (Le seigneur des anneaux, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
[The Two Towers: The Lord of the Rings, Part 2] (By: J. R. R. Tolkien) [published: November, 1997]
J.R.R. Tolkien
El retorno del rey (El señor de los anillos, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Los hijos de Húrin
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hobbit, czyli tam i z powrotem
J.R.R. Tolkien
Powieść fantasy angielskiego pisarza J. R. R. Tolkiena. Wydana po raz pierwszy 21 września 1937 roku.
Baśniowy, przemyślany w najdrobniejszych szczegółach fantastyczny świat oraz barwne postaci i ich wspaniałe przygody. Bohaterem jest tytułowy hobbit, „istota większa od liliputa, mniejsza jednak od krasnala”, pełen życzliwości dla świata, dobroci, nieskory do męstwa, a przecież odważny, poczciwy, a przecież sprytny. Autor szuka w swej powieści odpowiedzi na podstawowe pytania o źródła dobra i zła.
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
This collection will entertain all who appreciate the art of masterful letter writing. The Letters of J.R.R Tolkien sheds much light on J.R.R. Tolkien's creative genius and grand design for the creation of a whole new Middle-earth. Featuring a radically expanded index, this volume contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien was an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, and August 29, 1973, four days before his death. This is a valuable research tool for all fans wishing to trace the evolution of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
Ο άρχοντας των δαχτυλιδιών: Η συντροφιά του δαχτυλιδιού
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Ring Sets Out (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Children of Hurin / The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
J.R.R. Tolkien
This brand-new unabridged audio book of J. R. R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit will be coming to listeners everywhere this September, read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day, to whisk him away on a journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon…
The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
La Compagnia dell'Anello (Il Signore degli Anelli, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Il Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Beren i Lutijena
J.R.R. Tolkien
Farmer Gil od Hama
J.R.R. Tolkien
Pad Gondolina (Middle-Earth Universe)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Deca Hurinova
J.R.R. Tolkien
Silmarilion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Nezavršene priče o Numenoru i Srednjoj Zemlji
J.R.R. Tolkien
Povratak kralja (Gospodar prstenova #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dve kule (Gospodar prstenova, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gospodar prstenova 1 - Družina prstena
J.R.R. Tolkien
The End of the Third Age (The Lord of the Rings, #6)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Ring Goes East (The Lord of the Rings, #4)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Treason of Isengard (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Ring Goes South (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien On Fairy-stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien's On Fairy-stories is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in writing The Lord of the Rings.
Contained within is an introduction to Tolkien's original 1939 lecture and the history of the writing of On Fairy-stories, with previously unseen material. Here, at last, Flieger and Anderson reveal the extraordinary genesis of this seminal work and discuss how the conclusions that Tolkien reached during the composition of the essay would shape his writing for the rest of his life.
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
J.R.R. Tolkien
El Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo's Last Song (Middle Earth, #4.5)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien’s epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings. As Bilbo Baggins takes his final voyage to the Undying Lands, he must say goodbye to Middle-earth. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind.
Pauline Baynes’s jewel-like illustrations lushly depict both this final voyage and scenes from The Hobbit, as Bilbo remembers his first journey while he prepares for his last.
Farmer Giles of Ham
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mestre Gil de Ham
J.R.R. Tolkien
O Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Le Seigneur des Anneaux 01. La Communaute de l'Anneau
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
J.R.R. Tolkien
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).
O Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
O Silmarillion, publicado quatro anos após o falecimento do seu autor, é um relato dos Dias Antigos, a Primeira Era do Mundo. Em O Senhor dos Anéis, foram narrados os grandes eventos do final da Terceira Era; as histórias de O Silmarillion, no entanto, são lendas derivadas de um passado muito mais remoto, quando Morgoth, o primeiro Senhor do Escuro, habitava a Terra-média, e os altos-elfos guerrearam com ele pela recuperação das Silmarils.
O Retorno do Rei (O Senhor dos Anéis, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
As Duas Torres (O Senhor dos Anéis, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Comitiva do Anel se divide. Frodo e Sam continuam a viagem, descendo sozinhos o Grande Rio Anduin – mas não tão sozinhos assim, pois uma figura misteriosa segue todos os seus passos…
A Sociedade do Anel (O Senhor dos Anéis, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Numa cidadezinha indolente do Condado, um jovem hobbit é encarregado de uma imensa tarefa. Deve empreender uma perigosa viagem através da Terra-média até as Fendas da Perdição, e lá destruir o Anel do Poder - a única coisa que impede o domínio maléfico do Senhor do Escuro.
A Formação da Terra-média (A História da Terra-média, #4)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Quarto volume de A História da Terra-média, série editada por Christopher Tolkien que oferece uma visão detalhada da genialidade e do processo criativo em evolução de J.R.R. Tolkien.
Este livro descreve a transição gradual do Legendário primitivo apresentado nas duas partes de O Livro dos Contos Perdidos para o que se tornaria O Silmarillion. Além de uma versão do Quenta, a edição apresenta o Ambarkanta (ou "A Forma do Mundo"), uma seleção de mapas e diagramas do mundo com as descrições que Tolkien fez deles, e as primeiras versões de Os Anais de Valinor e Os Anais de Beleriand, esboços mais antigos da cronologia da Primeira Era.
Hobit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Bagins je prvi hobit iz Okruga koji je postao slavan, i svojim delima utro put svom narodu za čuveni poduhvat Družine Prstena. Veliki čarobnjak Gandalf predložio ga je kao saputnika Torinu i Patuljcima u velikoj avanturi preotimanja blaga od Zmaja – Šmauga Veličanstvenog – zbog Bilbovih izuzetnih sposobnosti i provalničkih veština, kao i umešnosti u opasnosti, koju po njegovom izgledu možda niko ne bi ni naslutio...
Isprva krajnje nesklon pustolovini, Bilbo okleva i nerado kreće na tegoban put ka Samotnoj planini, i ne sluteći šta će mu se sve desiti na tom putu, da će susresti turobno stvorenje Goluma, da će i ne hoteći doći do magičnog prstena koji će pokrenuti čitav lanac velikih događaja, i da će uspeti svojim lukavstvom da se izbavi iz naizgled pogubnih prilika...
„Kada bi nas više cenilo hranu, veselje i pesmu nad gomilanjem zlata, bio bi ovo srećniji svet”, reći će za njega Torin Hrastoštit, ispočetka sumnjičav spram korisnosti jednog hobita.
„Hobit” je veličanstvena i neodoljiva avantura ispunjena neizvesnošću i suptilnim humorom... i u kojoj se već naslućuje prebogat pejzaž Tolkinovog sveta.
„Hobit će, bez sumnje, prirasti za srce ljubiteljima pustolovnih priča svih uzrasta.”
Njujork tajms buk rivju
Hobbitul
J.R.R. Tolkien
Il Signore degli Anelli
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sobre Histórias de Fadas
J.R.R. Tolkien
Powrót Króla (Władca Pierścieni, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Niełatwo powiedzieć, na czym polega tajemnica uroku wywieranego przez „Władcę Pierścieni”. Miał niewątpliwie rację C.S Lewis, pisząc:
„Dla nas, żyjących w paskudnym, zmaterializowanym i pozbawionym romantyzmu świecie możliwość powrotu dzięki tej książce do czasów heroicznych przygód, barwnych, przepysznych i wręcz bezwstydnie pięknych opowieści jest czymś niezwykle ważnym”.
Równie istotna jest przyjemność, jaką czytelnik czerpie z odkrywania złożonego, ale logicznie skonstruowanego uniwersum tej opowieści. Umożliwiają to dołączone do książki mapy oraz obszerne dodatki.
Dwie wieże (Władca Pierścieni, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jako "błyskawicę z jasnego nieba" określił ukazanie się Władcy Pierścieni w jednej z pierwszych recenzji C.S.Lewis, autor Opowieści z Narnii, bliski przyjaciel Tolkiena. Amerykańskie wydanie powieści entuzjastycznie powitał wybitny poeta i krytyk Wynstan Hugh Auden.
W gronie wielbicieli dzieła J.R.R. Tolkiena znajdują się m.in. królowa Danii Małgorzata II, autorka ilustracji do duńskiego wydania powieści, prezydent Węgier Arpad Góncz, tłumacz Władcy Pierścieni na węgierski i wiele innych znanych postaci życia publicznego. Dla ogromnych rzesz zwykłych czytelników na całym świecie powieść ta stała się czymś wyjątkowym, ukochaną, najbardziej osobistą lekturą.
Drużyna Pierścienia (Władca Pierścieni, #1)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Władca Pierścieni to jedna z najbardziej niezwykłych książek w całej współczesnej literaturze. Ogromna, z epickim rozmachem napisana powieść wprowadza nas w wykreowany przez wyobraźnię autora świat - fantastyczny, lecz ukazany wszechstronnie i szczegółowo, równie pełny i bogaty jak świat realny. Przykuwająca uwagę i wzruszająca, zabawna, choć momentami także przerażająca, opowieść ta rzuca na czytelnika czar, od którego nawet po zakończeniu lektury trudno się uwolnić. W ciągu pięćdziesięciu przeszło lat od pierwszego wydania Władcy Pierścieni miliony ludzi na całym świecie uległy temu urokowi.
El hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Smaug parecía profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espió una vez más desde la entrada. ¡Pero fingía estar dormido! ¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del túnel!... Sacado de su cómodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiración que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnífico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragón...
Lo Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lettres du Père Noël
J.R.R. Tolkien
Plus connu pour ses travaux universitaires et pour l'invention de la Terre du Milieu, J.R.R. Tolkien est aussi un formidable auteur de contes pour enfants. Comme Bilbo le Hobbit et Roverandom, les Lettres du Père Nöel ont d'abord été destinées à ses trois fils et à sa fille, auxquels, chaque année entre 1920 et 1943, Tolkien a écrit une lettre - parfois deux prétendument envoyée du pôle Nord par le Père Noël ou l'ours Polaire.
Ces trente lettres et les dessins qui les accompagnent forment un récit très prenant des aventures de l'homme en rouge et à la barbe blanche. de son ours assistant, et de leurs démêlés avec les gobelins. Un ouvrage qui plaira aux enfants, à leurs parents, et surprendra plus d'un amoureux de Tolkien.
Contes et légendes inachevés : Intégrale
J.R.R. Tolkien
Ce recueil de textes apporte un éclairage crucial sur le monde du Seigneur des Anneaux et du Silmarillion, à travers l'histoire de Celeborn et Galadriel ou l'expédition d'Erebor, un exposé sur les Istari – le groupe des Mages auquel appartenaient Gandalf et Saruman –, ou encore une description de l'Île de Númenor et des Palantíri. Le lecteur trouvera également une version en prose de l'histoire des enfants de Húrin, et un épisode de la vie de Tuor.
Autant de textes qui pourraient constituer le " volume zéro " de l'Histoire de la Terre du Milieu.
Le avventure di Tom Bombadil
J.R.R. Tolkien
Las dos torres (El Señor de los Anillos, #2)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Alternate Cover Edition here
La Compañía se ha disuelto y sus integrantes emprenden caminos separados. Frodo y Sam continúan solos su viaje a lo largo del río Anduin, perseguidos por la sombra misteriosa de un ser extraño que también ambiciona la posesión del Anillo. Mientras, hombres, elfos y enanos se preparan para la batalla final contra las fuerzas del Señor del Mal.
La Fraternité de l'anneau
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hobbitinn
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hér segir frá óvæntu ævintýri Bagga. Og frammistaða hans var sannarlega ekki fyrirsjáanleg …
Bilbó Baggi var fullkomlega sáttur við fábrotið lífið í holu sinni. Þessi heimakæri Hobbiti yfirgaf helst ekki híbýli sín í Bagga-botni, ef nóg var að bíta og brenna. En dag nokkurn var knúið dyra og rólyndislífi hans raskað. Þar var kominn galdramaðurinn Gandalfur, í félagi við þrettán dverga. Vildu þeir fá Bilbó með sér í mikinn leiðangur og lét hann treglega tilleiðast. Endurheimta átti fjársjóð sem hinn ógurlegi dreki, Smeyginn, rændi dverganna forðum; sannkallað gull í heljargreipum …
Hobbitinn, forleikurinn að Hringadróttinssögu, kom fyrst út árið 1937 og hefur síðan selst í milljónum eintaka. Sagan er tvímælalaust ein af ástsælustu og áhrifamestu bókmenntum tuttugustu aldar.
Contos Inacabados de Númenor e da Terra-média (Portuguese Edition)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Los Cuentos Inconclusos de Númenor y la Tierra Media es una colección de relatos sobre la historia de la Tierra Media desde los Primeros Días hasta el fin de la Guerra del Anillo. Entre esos relatos se cuentan el animado discurso en que Gandalf explica cómo llegó a enviar a los Enanos a la famosa reunión de Bolsón Cerrado; la emergencia de Ulmo, el dios del mar, ante los ojos de Tuor, la historia de Númenor antes de su caída. El libro contiene además todo lo que se sabe de asuntos tales como los Cinco Magos, las Palantiri; la organización militar de los Jinetes de Rohan; la leyenda de Amroth, y el único mapa de Númenor dibujado por J.R.R. Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien, que explica en la Introducción los distintos tratamientos que estos textos han exigido, ha escrito un largo comentario a cada una de las historias, y ha vuelto a dibujar, en mayor escala, el mapa que acompaña a El Señor de los Anillos, añadiéndole nuevos accidentes y nombres.
Os Filhos de Húrin
J.R.R. Tolkien
Depois da publicação de O Silmarillion, Os Filhos de Húrin é o trabalho seguinte de Christopher Tolkien como editor e curador dos manuscritos de seu pai, J.R.R. Tolkien. O livro é o terceiro dos Três Grandes Contos dos Dias Antigos e, assim como A Queda de Gondolin e Beren e Lúthien, conta com ilustrações de Alan Lee.
Seis mil anos antes de o Um Anel ser destruído, a Terra-média é assombrada por Morgoth, o Primeiro Senhor Sombrio, senhor e mestre de Sauron. Húrin, um poderoso guerreiro da raça humana se recusa a trair os Elfos e, por isso, ele e sua família são amaldiçoados. Assim, os destinos de Túrin e de sua irmã Niënor são tragicamente entrelaçados.
Em tom épico e trágico, a narrativa foi inspirada nas mitologias grega, finlandesa e escandinava. Seus personagens, reconhecivelmente humanos, seguem determinados a resistir, mesmo sem a menor esperança de triunfar.
Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
J.R.R. Tolkien
This volume is a provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination and the breadth of his talent as a creator of fantastic fiction.
Ringenes Herre
J.R.R. Tolkien
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.
When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sillmarilion to zbiór opowieści o Dawnych Dniach, czyli o Pierwszej Erze Świata, poprzedzającej epokę, w której rozgrywa się akcja Władcy Pierścieni i to od niego Tolkien zaczął pisać dzieje Śródziemia. Pierwsze wersje opowieści wchodzących w jego skład powstały już w roku 1917 i były rozwijane aż do śmierci pisarza w roku 1973.
Tolkien zamierzał pierwotnie wydać Silmarillion krótko po wydaniu Hobbita, lecz książka została odrzucona przez wydawcę. Została ukończona i wydana dopiero cztery lata po śmierci autora przez jego syna Christophera. Przed śmiercią autor chciał jeszcze przeredagować dzieło, niestety nie zdążył.
Książka zawiera legendy i mity sięgają zamierzchłych czasów, gdy pierwszy Władca Ciemności, Morgoth, przebywał w Śródziemiu, a Elfy Wysokiego Rodu toczyły z nim wojnę, by odzyskać Silmarile - trzy świetliste klejnoty, w których przetrwało światło Dwóch Drzew Valinoru.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; but it is also much more than this, being at the same time a powerful moral tale which examines religious and social values.
Pearl is apparently an elegy on the death of a child, a poem pervaded with a sense of great personal loss: but, like Gawain it is also a sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters.
Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien's. The three translations represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
J.R.R. Tolkien
‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people.’ So declared the jacket of this book when it was first published some fifty years ago.
One of the most intriguing characters in The Lord of the Rings, the amusing and enigmatic Tom Bombadil, also appears in verses said to have been written by Hobbits and preserved in the ‘Red Book’ with stories of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and their friends. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil collects these and other poems, mainly concerned with legends and jests of the Shire at the end of the Third Age.
This special edition has been expanded for the first time to include earlier versions of some of Tolkien’s poems, a fragment of a prose story with Tom Bombadil, and comprehensive notes by acclaimed Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.
The Lord of the Rings: The Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
Widely regarded as a broadcasting classic, the 1981 BBC Radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings stars Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, John Le Mesurier and Peter Woodthorpe. This box set contains all three parts of the epic tale - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power - the means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in his plan for domination is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Frodo Baggins... Brian Sibley, one of the original dramatists, has written new opening and closing narration for the character of Frodo, played by Ian Holm. This collection also includes a bonus CD featuring Stephen Oliver's complete musical score, and a demo version of 'Bilbo's Last Song'.13 CDs. 13 hrs 15 mins.
The Nature of Middle-Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien’s magnificent world.
It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973.
For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards!
This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.
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