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Le Seigneur des Anneaux, I: La Fraternité de l'Anneau
816 pages, Paperback
Published June 12, 2025
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J.R.R. Tolkien
797 books77.9k followersJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.
Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium’ that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children’s stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium’ that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children’s stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
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January 24, 2026
J’ai beaucoup aimé suivre la quête de nos héros. Malgré quelques longueurs, j’admire la plume ainsi que le développement de ce vaste monde. Ça me donne envie d’aller faire une randonnée
September 19, 2025
J'ai mis un peu de temps pour le lire mais quel bonheur ! Enfin, à 33 ans, j'aurais lu le premier tome de cette saga mythique 🤎
Bien entendu, je vais revoir le film (et les bonus) des demain. En Version longue, évidement !
Il y a des choses différentes, étant plus habituée aux films, mais j'ai bien aimé lire les poèmes et chansons de Tolkien ! Un peu plus de personnages sur leur route au début aussi et j'ai trouvé le personnage de Legolas beaucoup plus bavard dans le livre que dans le film donc je l'ai bien plus apprécié !
Je vais faire une petite pause avant de lire le second tome mais j'ai déjà hâte de découvrir la suite en livre !
Bien entendu, je vais revoir le film (et les bonus) des demain. En Version longue, évidement !
Il y a des choses différentes, étant plus habituée aux films, mais j'ai bien aimé lire les poèmes et chansons de Tolkien ! Un peu plus de personnages sur leur route au début aussi et j'ai trouvé le personnage de Legolas beaucoup plus bavard dans le livre que dans le film donc je l'ai bien plus apprécié !
Je vais faire une petite pause avant de lire le second tome mais j'ai déjà hâte de découvrir la suite en livre !
July 23, 2025
35 ans après ma lecture, je rédecouvre la désormais "Fraternité" de l'anneau, dans une superbe nouvelle traduction.
Au delà du récit en lui même, mais claque de style, de narration ! Tolkien n'est pas seulement un grand romancier du fantastique, c'esr un grand écrivain tout court.
Rappelons que ce récit, d'une profondeur rare aussi bien via l'évocation du monde et de ses peuples a été écrit dans un contexte sans précédent d'une oeuvre majeure dans ce style ou ce cadre.
La nouvelle traduction me plait en tout point. Que ce soit l'Arpenteur à la place de l'enfantin grand-pas, ou encore Fendeval à la place de Fondcombe, me parait plus proche de l'esprit véhiculé par Rivendell.
Certainement le plus beau et grand roman du monde, tout simplement.
Au delà du récit en lui même, mais claque de style, de narration ! Tolkien n'est pas seulement un grand romancier du fantastique, c'esr un grand écrivain tout court.
Rappelons que ce récit, d'une profondeur rare aussi bien via l'évocation du monde et de ses peuples a été écrit dans un contexte sans précédent d'une oeuvre majeure dans ce style ou ce cadre.
La nouvelle traduction me plait en tout point. Que ce soit l'Arpenteur à la place de l'enfantin grand-pas, ou encore Fendeval à la place de Fondcombe, me parait plus proche de l'esprit véhiculé par Rivendell.
Certainement le plus beau et grand roman du monde, tout simplement.
August 24, 2025
Le titre et la renommée parle pour lui-même, quel chef d’œuvre ! pressé de lire la suite
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