The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien / Dec 07, 2019
The Two Towers The original fantasy series and still the greatest The Lord of the Rings has sold over million copies been translated into than languages and has been voted the best book of the th centur

The original fantasy series, and still the greatest, The Lord of the Rings has sold over 100 million copies, been translated into than 40 languages, and has been voted the best book of the 20th century, while The Hobbit has never been out of print since first published in 1937 If there are any works of fiction that deserve to be owned in magnificent editions thesThe original fantasy series, and still the greatest, The Lord of the Rings has sold over 100 million copies, been translated into than 40 languages, and has been voted the best book of the 20th century, while The Hobbit has never been out of print since first published in 1937 If there are any works of fiction that deserve to be owned in magnificent editions these are surely the ones.Successive generations have been spellbound by the exploits of Frodo, Gandalf and their comrades as they journey towards Mordor to do battle with the Dark Lord Sauron There is something about the alluring world of elves, dwarves and old magic which has proved exceptionally popular, working on the imagination both as an enthralling adventure story and, at a deeper level, as a comprehensive counter myth to the story of the twentieth century Independent Tolkien s treatment of the eternal struggle between good and evil, from stirring battles as good as anything in Homer, according to C S Lewis to the conflict within every individual, is subtle, lyrical and profound.Illustrated by Eric Fraser, one of the foremost British illustrators of the 20th century, his images a total of 7 full page images and 57 head pieces are based on original designs by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Tolkien had seen her sketches and was so impressed that his executors gave special permission for Fraser to interpret them for these Folio editions Covers blocked in gold and maps of Middle Earth as endpapers complete this superb edition of one the world s favourite stories.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, WWI veteran a First Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army , philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English language and literature from 1945 to 1959 He was a close friend of C.S Lewis.Christopher Tolkien published a series of works based on his father s extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle earth within it Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the word legendarium to the larger part of these writings While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the father of modern fantasy literature or precisely, high fantasy Tolkien s writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had a lasting effect on the entire field.In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 Forbes ranked him the 5th top earning dead celebrity in 2009.Religious influencesJ.R.R Tolkien, was born in South Africa in 1892, but his family moved to Britain when he was about 3 years old When Tolkien was 8 years old, his mother converted to Catholicism, and he remained a Catholic throughout his life In his last interview, two years before his death, he unhesitatingly testified, I m a devout Roman Catholic Tolkien married his childhood sweetheart, Edith, and they had four children He wrote them letters each year as if from Santa Claus, and a selection of these was published in 1976 as The Father Christmas Letters One of Tolkien s sons became a Catholic priest Tolkien was an advisor for the translation of the Jerusalem Bible Tolkien once described The Lord of the Rings to his friend Robert Murray, an English Jesuit priest, as a fundamentally religious and Catholic work, unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision There are many theological themes underlying the narrative including the battle of good versus evil, the triumph of humility over pride, and the activity of grace In addition the saga includes themes which incorporate death and immortality, mercy and pity, resurrection, salvation, repentance, self sacrifice, free will, justice, fellowship, authority and healing In addition The Lord s Prayer And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil was reportedly present in Tolkien s mind as he described Frodo s struggles against the power of the One Ring.