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Fantasy & SciFi
Presented for the first time on audio, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, Men and Orcs and the rich landscape unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth in this unabridged recording read by critically acclaimed father and son, Timothy and Samuel West.
Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great Elvish lord, was deeply opposed to Beren, and imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien.
Undaunted by Lord Thingol’s challenge, Beren and Lúthien embark on the supremely heroic attempt to rob Morgoth, the greatest of all evil beings, of a Silmaril, one of the hallowed jewels that adorn the Black Enemy’s crown.
The tale of Beren and Lúthien, which was written shortly after J.R.R. Tolkien returned from the Battle of the Somme in 1916, was an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion. In this book Christopher Tolkien has extracted the various versions of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which they are embedded.
To show something of the process whereby this Great Tale of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he tells 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.
© 2020 HarperCollins (Luisterboek): 9780008214234
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 30 april 2020
4.2
Fantasy & SciFi
Presented for the first time on audio, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, Men and Orcs and the rich landscape unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth in this unabridged recording read by critically acclaimed father and son, Timothy and Samuel West.
Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great Elvish lord, was deeply opposed to Beren, and imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien.
Undaunted by Lord Thingol’s challenge, Beren and Lúthien embark on the supremely heroic attempt to rob Morgoth, the greatest of all evil beings, of a Silmaril, one of the hallowed jewels that adorn the Black Enemy’s crown.
The tale of Beren and Lúthien, which was written shortly after J.R.R. Tolkien returned from the Battle of the Somme in 1916, was an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion. In this book Christopher Tolkien has extracted the various versions of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which they are embedded.
To show something of the process whereby this Great Tale of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he tells 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.
© 2020 HarperCollins (Luisterboek): 9780008214234
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 30 april 2020
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Ravi
11 sep 2022
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Ron
26 aug 2021
Great book! Especially if you love the Hobbit and the LOTR and want to know more and more about middle earth
too_hot_books_to_handle
13 jan 2023
This tale is written by Tolkien himself and was later on edited by his son Christopher Tolkien.The story is about the characters Beren and Lúthien and how their love story unfolded in the world of the Middle Earth. The couple in love experienced grief and many challenges stood in their way.Beren was a mortal man, but his lover Lúthien was an immortal elf. The story of Beren and Lúthien is an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends that date back to the beginning of the Middle-earth saga.Lúthien's father, who was a ruler in the elven realm, disagrees with the romance. He then gave Beren an impossible task that he must complete and only if he succeeds will he be allowed to marry Lúthien.I found it interesting to learn more about the storyline, but I found all the references to the other eras in the text often very confusing.This made it difficult for me to follow the story at times. Must read for all the Middle Earth fans.
Frederike
26 jul 2022
Heerlijk voor de Tolkien-fan
Nederlands
Nederland