First ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones.J.R.R. Tolkien’s linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As Tolkien puts it in ‘A Secret Vice’, ‘the making of language and mythology are...
Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkiens epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.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 his...
Wyjątkowo edycja w jednym tomie dwóch magicznych opowieści Tolkiena oraz baśniowego cyklu wierszy, nawiązującego do jednej z najbardziej tajemniczych postaci z Władcy Pierścieni – Toma Bombadila Zawarte w książce opowieści stanowią dowód niezwykłego poczucia humoru Tolkiena, który musiał «odreagować» wieloletnią pracę nad epopeją Władca Pierścieni . Pisarz w żartobliwy sposób wykorzystuje tu motywy heroiczne i rycerskie, robiąc sobie wakacje od «spraw wyższych, głębszych lub bardziej...
This new ebook version of Tolkien's timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.They told wonderful tales of life at...
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before The Hobbit.While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. 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...
