The Peoples of Middle-earth

Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.
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The Peoples of Middle-earth

Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.
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The Peoples of Middle-earth

The Peoples of Middle-earth

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Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780395827604
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 12/28/1996
Series: History of Middle-earth Series , #12
Pages: 496
Product dimensions: 5.56(w) x 8.68(h) x 1.49(d)

About the Author

About The Author

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Date of Birth:

January 3, 1892

Date of Death:

September 2, 1973

Place of Birth:

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (South Africa)

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Education:

B.A., Exeter College, Oxford University, 1915; M.A., 1919

Table of Contents

Foreword
Pt. 1The Prologue and Appendices to the Lord of the Rings
IThe Prologue3
IIThe Appendix on Languages19
IIIThe Family Trees85
IVThe Calendars119
VThe History of the Akallabeth140
VIThe Tale of Years of the Second Age166
VIIThe Heirs of Elendil188
VIIIThe Tale of Years of the Third Age225
IXThe Making of Appendix A253
The Realms in Exile253
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen262
The House of Eorl270
Durin's Folk274
Pt. 2Late Writings
XOf Dwarves and Men295
XIThe Shibboleth of Feanor331
XIIThe Problem of Ros367
XIIILast Writings377
Pt. 3Teachings of Pengolod
XIVDangweth Pengolou395
XVOf Lembas403
Pt. 4Unfinished Tales
XVIThe New Shadow409
XVIITal-Elmar422
Index439
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