The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien by J. R. R. Tolkien

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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Summary

This book is a nonfiction collection of letters by one of the most popular genre fiction novelists of the 20th century. This collection of letters covers a large portion of his adult life. Included are those years that he spent writing his most famous fiction books: The Lord of the Rings series and The Simarillion. The work has been compiled and edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the help of Christopher Tolkien...

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J. R. R. Tolkien Biographies (6)

J. R. R. Tolkien

5,120 words, approx. 18 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) gained a reputation during the 1960s and 1970s as a cult figure among youths disillusioned with war and the technological age; his continuing popularity evidences his abil... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien

5,308 words, approx. 18 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien was best known to most readers as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These books are regarded, stated Augustus M. Kolich in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, as "... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien

5,375 words, approx. 18 pages

Biography EssayThe driving passion of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's literary life was to make his "fairystories" so complete in description and detail, so varied in character and action, so expansive in... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

4,992 words, approx. 17 pages

The driving passion of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 's literary life was to make his "fairy-stories" so complete in description and detail, so varied in character and action, so expansive in philosophy ... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

9,840 words, approx. 33 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien's most familiar creation, the hobbits of Middle-earth, belonged only to his private world until September 1937. Before then they were known only to his children, his great friend C. S... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

6,296 words, approx. 21 pages

The place in fantasy literature earned by J. R. R. Tolkien is indisputable. Tolkien is directly responsible for the rising popularity of fantasy literature in the late twentieth century. While authors... Read more

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