Unfinished Tales - J. R. R. Tolkien

Unfinished Tales - J. R. R. Tolkien

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Full bibliographic data for Unfinished Tales

Title

Unfinished Tales

Authors and contributors

By (author) J. R. R. Tolkien, Volume editor Christopher Tolkien

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 624
Width: 111 mm
Height: 178 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight: 330 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780261103627
ISBN 10: 0261103628

Classifications

Dewey:823.912
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:F2.2
BISAC category code:FIC009000

Illustrations note

With index

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint name

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Publication date

01 April 1998

Publication City/Country

London/GB

Review quote

'Moments of mythic grandeur' Sunday Times 'Another monument to the incredible imagination of Tolkien' Sunday Telegraph

Biographical note

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Main description

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-g.d Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.