AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, CREATOR OF MIDDLE-EARTH AND AUTHOR OF THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE SILMARILLION WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF BLOEMFONTEIN IN THE ORANGE FREE STATE, WHERE HIS FATHER, ARTHUR, HAD MOVED TO TAKE UP A SENIOR POSITION WITH A BANK.

THE YEARS AFTER THE GREAT WAR WERE DEVOTED TO HIS WORK AS AN ACADEMIC: AS PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON AT OXFORD, WHERE HE WAS SOON TO PROVE HIMSELF ONE OF THE FINEST PHILOLOGISTS IN THE WORLD. HE HAD ALREADY STARTED TO WRITE A GREAT CYCLE OF THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF MIDDLE-EARTH WHICH WAS TO BECOME THE SILMARILLION. HE AND EDITH HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND IT WAS FOR THEM THAT FIRST TOLD THE TALE OF THE HOBBIT, PUBLISHED IN 1937 BY SIR STANLEY UNWIN. THE HOBBIT PROVED TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT SIR STANLEY WAS SOON ASKING FOR A SEQUEL: BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1954, WHEN TOLKIEN WAS APPROACHING RETIREMENT, THAT HE THE FIRST VOLUME OF HIS GREAT MASTERPIECE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, WAS PUBLISHED, AND ITS TERRIFIC SUCCESS TOOK HIM BY SURPRISE.

AFTER RETIREMENT RONALD AND EDITH MOVED TO BOURNEMOUTH BUT WHEN EDITH DIED IN 1971, RONALD RETURNED TO OXFORD. HE DIED AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1973, LEAVING HIS GREAT MYTHOLOGICAL WORK, THE SILMARILLION, TO BE EDITED FOR PUBLICATION BY HIS SON, CHRISTOPHER.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Book One
IA Long-expected Party
ll The Shadow of the Past
lll Three is Company
IV A Short Cut to Mushrooms
V A Conspiracy Unmasked
VI The Old Forest
VII In the House of Tom Bombadil
VIII Fog on the Barrow-downs
IX At the Sign of The Prancing Pony
X Strider
XI A Knife in the Dark
XII Flight to the Ford
Book Two
I Many Meetings
II The Council of Elrond
III The Ring Goes South
IV A Journey in the Dark
V The Bridge of Khazad-dum
VI Lothlorien
VII The Mirror of Galadriel
VIII Farewell to Lorien
IX The Great River
X The Breaking of the Fellowship
THE TWO TOWERS
Book Three
I The Departure of Boromir
II The Riders of Rohan
III The Uruk-hai
IV Treebeard
V The White Rider
VI The King of the Golden Hall
VII Helm's Deep
VIII The Road to Isengard
IX Flotsam and Jetsam
X The Voice of Saruman
XI The Palantir
Book Four
I The Taming of Smeagol
II The Passage of the Marshes
III The Black Gate is Closed
IV Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
V The Window on the West
Vl The Forbidden Pool
Vll Journey to the Cross-roads
Vlll The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
IX Shelob's Lair
X The Choices of Master Samwise
THE RETURN OF THE KING
Book Five
I Minas Tirith
II The Passing of the Grey Company
III The Muster of Rohan
IV The Siege of Gondor
V The Ride of the Rohirrim
Vl The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Vll The Pyre of Denethor
Vlll The Houses of Healing
IX The Last Debate
X The Black Gate Opens
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