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shenmue

(38,537 posts) Thu Jun 1, 2017, 01:26 AM Jun 2017

JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lthien published after 100 years

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40109396

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JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lthien published after 100 years (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2017 OP

Sounds wonderful hermetic Jun 2017 #1

hermetic

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1. Sounds wonderful

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Thu Jun 1, 2017, 04:38 PM

Jun 2017

"Beren and Lúthien" has been described as a 'very personal story' that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme. Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, it contains versions of a tale that became part of "The Silmarillion."
The book also features illustrations by Alan Lee, who won an Academy Award for his work on Peter Jackson's film trilogy.

The story is about the fate of lovers Beren and Lúthien, a mortal man and an immortal elf who together try to steal from the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor.

It is being published by HarperCollins.

I sure hope I get to read it someday.

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