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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: The Hobbit: or, There and back again

    First published in 1937 418 editions in 23 languages — 64 previewable Cover of edition dehobbit0000tolk Cover of edition bilbolehobbitfre0000jrrt Cover of edition hobbitortherebac0000tolk_x2n1 Cover of edition hobbitortherebac0000tolk_y8a9 Cover of edition hobbitortherebac0000tolk_t0g2 Cover of edition hobbitalbotamizp0000tolk Cover of edition elhobbit0000tolk Cover of edition bilbolehobbittex0000jrrt Cover of edition hobbitortherebac0000tolk_a2n1
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  • Cover of: In de Ban van de Ring: Eerste Boek: De Reisgenoten

    First published in 1954 243 editions in 21 languages — 48 previewable Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_n8i4 Cover of edition mojiezhihuanwang0001tolk Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_l0f7 Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_m4u0 Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_v3l9 Cover of edition lacommunautedela0000jrrt Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk Cover of edition osenhordosanisso0000unse Cover of edition lacomunidaddelan0000tolk
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  • Cover of: In de ban van de ring II: De twee torens

    First published in 1954 216 editions in 22 languages — 57 previewable Cover of edition elsenordelosanil0000tolk Cover of edition dwiewieze0000tolk Cover of edition dvetverdyni0000tolk Cover of edition lesdeuxtours0002tolk Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_o9d8 Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_w8u6 Cover of edition lesdeuxtours0000jrrt Cover of edition lesdeuxtours0000tolk_j0m4 Cover of edition isbn_9788595084766
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  • Cover of: The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

    First published in 1950 205 editions in 21 languages — 67 previewable Cover of edition elretornodelrey0000tolk Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_k6z7 Cover of edition powrotkrola0000tolk Cover of edition leseigneurdesann0000tolk_e6i0 Cover of edition yuzuklerinefendi0000tolk Cover of edition osenhordosanisor0000unse Cover of edition elsenordelosanil0003tolk Cover of edition leretourduroi0000jrrt Cover of edition leretourduroiles00jrrt
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  • Cover of: Shinpan yubiwa monogatari

    First published in 1954 162 editions in 14 languages — 18 previewable Cover of edition derherrderringed0000jrrt Cover of edition lordofrings0000tolk_k7n1 Cover of edition lordofrings0000jrrt Cover of edition lordofrings0000tolk_o3c6 Cover of edition lordofrings0000tolk_n6w1 Cover of edition osenordosaneis0000tolk Cover of edition lordofrings0000tolk_d5h0 Cover of edition lordofrings00tolk_2 Cover of edition isbn_9780618343997
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  • Cover of: De Silmarillion

    First published in 1977 136 editions in 12 languages — 19 previewable Cover of edition silmarillion0000unse_s4i7 Cover of edition j.-r.-r.-tolkien-el-silmarillion Cover of edition silmarillion0000tolk Cover of edition isbn_0261102427 Cover of edition silmarilli00tolk Cover of edition silmarillion00jrrt Cover of edition silmarillion00tolk_0 Cover of edition silmarillion00tolk Cover of edition silmarilliontolk00tolk
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  • Cover of: Narn i chîn Húrin: the tale of the children of Húrin

    First published in 2001 56 editions in 12 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition narnichnhrinlahi0000tolk Cover of edition narnichinhurinta0000jrrt Cover of edition childrenofhurin0000tolk Cover of edition dziecihurina0000tolk Cover of edition narnichnhrintale00tolk Cover of edition narnichinhurinta00tolk Cover of edition narnichnhrin00tolk Cover of edition childrenhrin00tolk_672 Cover of edition loshijosdehurin00tolk
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  • Cover of: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

    First published in 1980 31 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition unfinishedtales00tolk Cover of edition unfinishedtales00jrrt Cover of edition unfinishedtaleso00tolk
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  • Cover of: Le Livre des contes perdus: Première partie

    First published in 1983 30 editions in 3 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition bookoflosttales00jrrt Cover of edition bookoflosttales01jrrt Cover of edition bookoflosttales01tolk Cover of edition bookoflosttalesp00jrrt_0 Cover of edition bookoflosttales0000tolk
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  • Cover of: Tree and leaf

    First published in 1964 20 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition treeleaf00tolk Cover of edition treeleaf0000tolk
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  • Cover of: Beren and Lúthien

    First published in 2017 20 editions in 7 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: L'album de Bilbo le Hobbit: adieu à la terre du Milieu

    First published in 1974 17 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition bilboslastsongat00tolk_0 Cover of edition bilboslastsongat00tolk
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  • Cover of: The Book Of Lost Tales: Part II

    First published in 1984 15 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition bookoflosttales0000tolk_f5a8 Cover of edition bookoflosttalesp00jrrt Cover of edition booklosttalesthe00tolk_130
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  • Cover of: The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

    First published in 1981 15 editions in 4 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk_1 Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk_0 Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk0000tolk Cover of edition cartasdejrrtolki00tolk
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  • Cover of: Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil

    First published in 1962 15 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition adventuresoftomb00jrrt Cover of edition isbn_001729293
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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: Letters From Father Christmas

    First published in 1991 13 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition lettersfromfathe0000unse_h8f3 Cover of edition lettersfromfathe00tolk_0 Cover of edition lettersfromfathe0000tolk
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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 monsters and the critics: and other essays

    First published in 1983 11 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition monsterscriticso00tolk Cover of edition ilmedioevoeilfan00tolk
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  • Cover of: A Middle English vocabulary

    First published in 1922 10 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition in.ernet.dli.2015.462392 Cover of edition in.ernet.dli.2015.463603 Cover of edition middleenglishvoc00tolkuoft
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Subjects
Middle Earth (Imaginary place), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, English Fantasy fiction, History and criticism, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, English literature, Children's fiction, Fantasy, Open Library Staff Picks, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Ficción, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J.R.R.), Poetry, Romans, nouvelles, Terre du Milieu (Lieu imaginaire), Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction, Bilbo Baggins (Fictitious character), English Fantasy literature, Fairy tales, Ficción fantástica inglesa
Places
Middle Earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), England, Gondor, Isengard, Middle-Earth, Middle-earth, Mordor, Tierra Media, Bree, Edoras, Fangorn Forest, Ithilien, Minas Tirith, Mount Doom, Númenor, Rivendell, Rohan, the Shire, Bag End, Barad-dur, Beleriand, Cracks of Doom, Dead Marshes, Doriath
People
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, Boromir, Elrond, Frodo Baggins, Gimli, Gollum, Sauron, Legolas, Shelob, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Celeborn, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma Wormtongue, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lúthien, Merry, Pippin
Time
First Age, 20th century, Prehistory, 20e siècle, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle Ages, Middle English, 1100-1500, Second Age, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the third age, Third Age, Third-Age, War of the Ring

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

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January 22, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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