The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien’s 125th Anniversary.
In more than 40 years since Tolkien’s death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books.
The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien’s 125th Anniversary.
In more than 40 years since Tolkien’s death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books.
Born in Bloemfontein in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood, brought up in near-poverty and almost thwarted in adolescent romance. He served in the First World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost some of his closest friends, and returned to academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford.
Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. One day while marking essay papers he found himself writing ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit’ – and worldwide renown awaited him.
Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien’s papers, and interviewed his friends and family. From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century’s most cherished author.
The manuscript of The Hobbit suggests that the actual writing of the main part of the story was done over a comparatively short period of time: the ink, paper, and handwriting style are consistent, the pages are numbered consecutively, and there are almost no chapter divisions. It would also appear that Tolkien wrote the story fluently and with little hesitation, for there are comparatively few erasures or revisions. Originally the dragon was called 'Pryftan', the name 'Gandalf' was given to the chief dwarf, and the wizard was called 'Bladorthin'. The dragon's name was soon changed to 'Smaug', from the Germanic verb smugan meaning 'to squeeze through a hole'; Tolkien called this 'a low philological jest'. But the name 'Bladorthin' was retained for some time, and it was not until the draft ... (查看原文)
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1 有用 Ecthelion 2016-11-23 10:20:27
刷刷刷，天要下雨，人要刷版，随它去吧……
1 有用 EDG_Viper2 2023-07-06 16:02:53 广东
两年多前收到ex送的这本书。磨磨蹭蹭地终于在今天读完。却又得知此书尚未付梓的中译本译者，也是简中托圈多年来重要的contributor马丁他离去的噩耗。一时间百感交集。人生寄一世，奄忽若飙尘。
0 有用 西德尼 2019-09-27 19:26:53
除了身高和脑回路他就是个hobbit
1 有用 EDG_Viper2 2023-07-06 16:02:53 广东
两年多前收到ex送的这本书。磨磨蹭蹭地终于在今天读完。却又得知此书尚未付梓的中译本译者，也是简中托圈多年来重要的contributor马丁他离去的噩耗。一时间百感交集。人生寄一世，奄忽若飙尘。
0 有用 西德尼 2019-09-27 19:26:53
除了身高和脑回路他就是个hobbit
1 有用 Ecthelion 2016-11-23 10:20:27
刷刷刷，天要下雨，人要刷版，随它去吧……