ISBN |
9780008214197 (hardback) |
Name |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 author. |
Title |
Beren and Lúthien / by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien ; with illustrations by Alan Lee. |
Published |
London : HarperCollins, 2017. |
©2017 |
Description |
288 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm. |
Summary |
Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, [Christopher Tolkien] has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.-- |
Subjects |
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction |
Elves -- Fiction |
Genre |
Fantasy fiction |
Other Names |
Tolkien, Christopher editor. |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Silmarillion |
Lee, Alan illustrator. |
Series |
Middle-Earth universe |
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