A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien
A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien
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A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkien

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Narrator: J.R.R. Tolkien

Unabridged: 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2025


Synopsis

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of fantasy works like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.Listen as Tolkien reads "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", "The Hoard", "Perry-The-Winkle", and "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon".Also included is a reading of A Elbereth Gilthoniel in Elvish and "The Road Goes Ever on," sung by William Elvin with music by Donald Swann.

Author Bio

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892.1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.

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