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J.R.R. Tolkien Gift Set
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Enjoy the depth and wonder of these fully dramatized recordings from BBC Radio and Random House Audio. Each program features a full-cast performance, realistic sound effects, and stirring musical scores to give the listener an amazing audio experience. The works of J.R.R. Tolkien have never sounded better.
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The Hobbit
Tolkien's timeless tale of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the wizard Gandalf will captivate listeners from beginning to end.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The first story in the Lord of the Rings trilogy follows Frodo Baggins and his faithful servant, Sam, through the world of Middle-Earth
The Two Towers
Part II in the trilogy finds the Fellowship scattered with Frodo and Sam traveling to the dark kingdom of Mordor in an attempt to destroy the Ring of Power
The Return of the King
The amazing conclusion of the epic fantasy follows Frodo and Sam as they desperately struggle towards Mount Doom in order to destroy the Ring.
This gift treasury
The Hobbit
Tolkien's timeless tale of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the wizard Gandalf will captivate listeners from beginning to end.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The first story in the Lord of the Rings trilogy follows Frodo Baggins and his faithful servant, Sam, through the world of Middle-Earth
The Two Towers
Part II in the trilogy finds the Fellowship scattered with Frodo and Sam traveling to the dark kingdom of Mordor in an attempt to destroy the Ring of Power
The Return of the King
The amazing conclusion of the epic fantasy follows Frodo and Sam as they desperately struggle towards Mount Doom in order to destroy the Ring.
0 pages, Audio CD
First published January 1,1954
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0 pages, Audio CD
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September 30, 2003 by Random House Audio
- ISBN
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9780739310113
- ASIN
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0739310119
- Language
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English
Characters More characters
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Frodo Baggins
Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens writings, and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings. Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo Baggins, described familiarly as "uncle", and ...
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Gandalf
Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkiens novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarve...
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Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkiens 1937 novel The Hobbit, as well as a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings. In Tolkiens narrative conceit, in which all the writings of Middle-earth are translati...
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Gollum
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About the author
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.
Tolkien's most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium' that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children's stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
Tolkien's most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium' that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children's stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
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