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J.R.R. Tolkien

3 January 1892 - 2 September 1973

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.

In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century.

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  • Cover of: J.R.R. Tolkien's The hobbit

    First published in 1968 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The return of the shadow: the history of The Lord of the rings, part one

    First published in 1988 11 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition returnofshadow00tolk Cover of edition returnshadowhist06tolk
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  • Cover of: The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

    First published in 1981 13 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk0000tolk Cover of edition cartasdejrrtolki00tolk
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  • Cover of: Tales from the perilous realm

    First published in 1993 15 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Tolkien Reader

    First published in 1966 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The peoples of Middle-earth

    First published in 1996 4 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 4)

    First published in 1986 11 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition shapingofmiddlee00tolk
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  • Cover of: Beowulf: a translation and commentary, together with Sellic spell

    First published in 2014 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 8)

    First published in 1990 10 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The lost road and other writings: language and legend before The Lord of the rings

    First published in 1987 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lostroadotherwri00jrrt Cover of edition lostroadotherwri00tolk_822
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  • Cover of: The Lays of Beleriand

    First published in 1985 10 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition laysofbeleriand00tolk Cover of edition laysofbeleriand0000tolk
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  • Cover of: Sir Gawain & the Green knight

    First published in 1925 13 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

    First published in 2009 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition legendofsigurdgu0000tolk
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  • Cover of: Tolkien on Fairy-Stories

    First published in 2008 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition tolkienonfairyst00verl
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  • Cover of: The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth

    First published in 2022 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The story of Kullervo

    First published in 2015 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letters From Father Christmas

    First published in 1991 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition lettersfromfathe0000unse_h8f3 Cover of edition lettersfromfathe00tolk_0
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  • Cover of: Smith of Wootton Major

    First published in 1967 23 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition smithofwoottonma1975tolk
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  • Cover of: The Fall of Arthur

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Subjects
Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, English Fantasy fiction, English literature, History and criticism, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Fantasy, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Middle earth (imaginary place), Poetry, English Fantasy literature, Juvenile fiction, Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction, Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Beowulf, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Imaginary languages in literature
Places
Middle Earth, England, Middle-earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Rivendell, Gondor, Isengard, Lonely Mountain, Middle-Earth, Mordor, Tierra Media, Valinor, Bree, Edoras, Fangorn Forest, Iron Hills, Ithilien, Lake-town, Little Kingdom (fictional place), Milwaukee, Minas Tirith, Mirkwood, Misty Mountains, Mount Doom, Númenor
People
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Elrond, Frodo Baggins, Gollum, Sauron, Boromir, Gimli, Legolas, Shelob, The Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Celeborn, Christopher Tolkien, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma Wormtongue
Time
20th century, First Age, Middle Ages, Prehistory, Second Age, Third Age, 10th century, 1920s, 1920s-1930s, 1920s-1940s, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle English, 1100-1500, Old English, ca. 450-1100, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the third age, Third-Age, War of the Ring

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  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
  • J. R. R. Tolkein
  • J.R.R. Tolkein
  • Dzhon R. R. Tolkin
  • Yue Han Luo Na De Rui Er Tuo Er Jin
  • J. R. R. Tolkien

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January 22, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import