The Children of Húrin
Tolkien introduces us to Middle-earth, a fantasy world where the struggle between good and evil is the central theme. There is no simple opposition between luminous heroes and absolute villains: alongside...
TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel
Leaf by Niggle
Short story reflecting several recurring themes in his work, such as art, responsibility, and faith. The story follows Niggle, a perfectionist painter who lives in a small village. His greatest ambition is...
The Hobbit
I see behind Bilbo's adventure, a tale for children resting in the comfort of their home. Children who will eventually be thrown into adventure without warning, and will long for the quiet of the parental...
Beren and Lúthien
Beren, a mortal man, falls in love with Lúthien, an immortal elf. Her father, the elven king, imposes on Beren an impossible task, if he wants to marry Lúthien: to recover the Silmaril, a legendary jewel,...
The Fall of Gondolin
Tolkien first devised a language, or more than one, because of his great love of Old English, Finnish and other languages; and then he created a whole mythology, on which he wrote his two great works ...
Letters from Father Christmas
Tolkien in his purest form. Delicious book that gathers the letters and drawings he wrote to his children from 1920 to 1943, capturing the personality of St. Nicholas. The letters are closely related to the...