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Beren and Luthien by J. R. R. Tolkien (Hardcover, 2017)

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This de luxe collector's edition features the first edition text and eight full-colour plates, together with an exclusive colour frontispiece illustration. The book is quarter-bound with a unique Luthien motif, designed by Alan Lee and stamped in gold foil on the front board, and is presented in a matching slipcase. The tale of Beren and Luthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Luthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Luthien 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 Luthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Luthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he 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.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780008214203
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235174038

Product Key Features

Book Title
Beren and Luthien
Illustrator
Alan Lee
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
228mm
Item Width
149mm
Item Weight
900 g

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Title_Author
J. R. R. Tolkien
Editor
Christopher Tolkien
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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