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The Children of Hurin/The Silmarillion/The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings
The ultimate collector’s gift set, comprising four deluxe slipcased editions of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, all housed in a sturdy box.
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First published March 1, 2013
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J.R.R. Tolkien
633 books77.6k 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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September 9, 2012Here we have all of Tolkien's beloved stories in one set. From the very beginnings of Middle Earth, to it's New Era of Man. These are all wonderful reads and I highly recommend them, however, they are not for those who like things light. They are serious books with a grand agenda and huge adventures. They are one and all favourites of mine and although it takes more than a day or two to read even one of these beautiful books, they are each and every one well worth your time and your effort.
October 25, 2010
I don't have this edition but I own all of these books-several times over. I used to read The Hobbit and LotR once a year--back in the day when I had time for such things. What great epic fantasy!
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June 20, 2011
Epic series. One ought to read them all! even though the Silmarillion and Hurin books are not as fun to read as the others, they really do provide a in-depth look at the story world that Tolkien created with Middle Earth.
January 7, 2013
The silmarillion is a comlete bible of middle earth. A great fantasy that often seems real.
December 31, 2016
The Children of Hurin was a sad tale of Turumbar/Turin and all his hardships by a curse he though was put on his family. Despite its sadness I was caught up in the story. The battle scenes described kept my attention, I couldn't put it down.
August 3, 2009
I read Tolkien when I was younger, I fell in love with dragons and wizards
September 16, 2009
What's there to say? Best Fantasy novel out there by far.
October 13, 2009
Okay I have only Read the Hobbit But I will read the rest!
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January 4, 2010Children of Hurin by J R R Tolkien (date?)
May 25, 2018
Have them all in my collection. Perfect storytelling.
February 19, 2013
finished the children of hurin although it is in poems forms. need to understand the wordings so that the story will b more interesting.
June 3, 2013
Books you can't put down!
June 29, 2014
I've read these a million times and it never gets old. EVER.
December 19, 2016
Excelente edición en español para coleccionar.
Libros tapa dura, con un estuche contenedor y un mapa de la Tierra Media.
Ideal para fanáticos.
Libros tapa dura, con un estuche contenedor y un mapa de la Tierra Media.
Ideal para fanáticos.
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