Unfinished Tales: The Lost Lore of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien

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The author's finished and published novels have been wildly popular. His death saddened and disappointed his fans. Their demand for more of his work, particularly more tales about Middle-earth (the setting for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit),led his son, Christopher Tolkien, to look through his father's unpublished writings to see if he could discover more about what the author had intended to write on the subject. Fortunately, the...

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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

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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

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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

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6,296 words, approx. 21 pages

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