Updated 09/10/2014
Another full-length prose novel from (the admittedly deceased) J.R.R. Tolkien is too good to be true and infinitely more satisfying than all those collected fragments with endless footnotes.
It’s business as usual with The Children Of Húrin as ancient oral-storytelling traditions pervade Tolkien’s reliably rich and evocative prose.
Húrin has much in common with Norse dragon slayer Myths and is almost unbearably tragic. It’s a great place to start with pre-Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings’ history and the maps and glossaries are essential – although why Tolkien is the only author who can get away with such things remains a mystery.
It is a book to make you homesick for Middle-earth all over again.
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Awesome post Lily.
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Thank you 🙂 Hope life is treating you well xx
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It is what I make it. lol
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Beautiful post, love the artwork, do you do book covers?, would love you to do mine if you do-:)
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Hi 🙂 I would love to have designed/painted some of these. It’s a while since I’ve produced my own artwork, I went down the writing route instead.
I tend to collect images from all sorts of artists to post on my site. I always credit or link to the artist when appropriate so I’m sure you could hunt down anyone you particularly liked.
If you click the Gallery tab on my homepage you can access a few themed albums I’ve put together.
Thanks for following xx
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That’s great, thanks for your reply, you’ve got a fabulous blog!
Cheers-:)
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So nice to see this on my reader today. Nice work! May the spiders of Mirkwood stay clear of your path….
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I aim to please 🙂 xx
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