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J.R.R. Tolkien

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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English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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    First published in 1998 21 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition roverandom00tolk
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  • Cover of: The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

    First published in 1981 21 editions in 5 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk_1 Cover of edition lettere191419730000tolk Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk_0 Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk00tolk Cover of edition lettersofjrrtolk0000tolk
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  • Cover of: The adventures of Tom Bombadil: and other verses from the Red book

    First published in 1962 17 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition adventuresoftomb00jrrt Cover of edition isbn_001729293
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    First published in 1936 16 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Smith of Wooten Major and Farmer Giles of Ham

    First published in 1967 16 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition smithofwootenmaj00tolk Cover of edition smithofwoottonma00tolk
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  • Cover of: The Tolkien reader

    First published in 1966 16 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition tolkienreader00jrrt Cover of edition tolkienreader0000jrrt Cover of edition tolkienreader0000jrrt_y6a5 Cover of edition tolkienreader0000unse Cover of edition tolkienreader0000unse_s5e0
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  • Cover of: The shaping of Middle-earth: the Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the annals, together with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the first map

    First published in 1986 15 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition shapingofmiddlee00jrrt
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    First published in 1990 15 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Lays of Beleriand

    First published in 1985 15 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition laysofbeleriandt00jrrt Cover of edition laysofbeleriand00tolk Cover of edition laysofbeleriand0000tolk
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  • Cover of: A Middle English vocabulary

    First published in 1922 15 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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  • Cover of: The return of the shadow: the history of The Lord of the rings, part one

    First published in 1988 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition returnofshadow00tolk
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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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    First published in 2013 13 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition fallofarthur0000tolk
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  • Cover of: The Treason of Isengard

    First published in 1989 13 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780395515624
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  • Cover of: The monsters and the critics: and other essays

    First published in 1983 13 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition monsterscriticso00tolk Cover of edition ilmedioevoeilfan00tolk
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  • Cover of: Mr. Bliss

    First published in 1982 12 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition herrabliss0000tolk Cover of edition mrbliss0000tolk
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  • Cover of: Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien

    First published in 1960 12 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Nature of Middle-Earth

    First published in 2021 11 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The story of Kullervo

    First published in 2015 11 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition lahistoriadekull0000jrrt
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  • Cover of: The Hobbit

    First published in 1990 10 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973
Subjects
Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, History and criticism, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, English literature, Fantasy fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy literature, Poetry, Children's fiction, Middle earth (imaginary place), Poetry (poetic works by one author), Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Ficción, Imaginary languages in literature, Open Library Staff Picks, Beowulf, Elves
Places
Middle Earth, England, Middle-earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Gondor, Isengard, Middle-Earth, Mordor, Rivendell, Tierra Media, Valinor, Bree, Edoras, Fangorn Forest, Iron Hills, Ithilien, Lake-town, Little Kingdom (fictional place), Lonely Mountain, Milwaukee, Minas Tirith, Mirkwood, Misty Mountains, Mount Doom, Númenor
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J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Gandalf, Elrond, Gollum, Sauron, Bilbo Baggins, Boromir, Frodo Baggins, Gimli, Legolas, Shelob, The Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Celeborn, Christopher Tolkien, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma Wormtongue
Time
20th century, First Age, Middle Ages, Prehistory, Second Age, Third Age, 10th century, 1920s, 1920s-1930s, 1920s-1940s, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle English, 1100-1500, Old English, ca. 450-1100, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the 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
  • J. R.R. Tolkien
  • J R R Tolkien
  • J.R.R.Tolkien

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