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The hobbit. I started there and the movie is coming!
Farmer Giles of Ham. and JRRT's essay, "Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics".
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I did not know he had an interpretation of Beowulf! I guess I should've known since he translated many of those tales, but wow! I'm gonna have to remember that!
He also wrote a short play about The Battle of Maldon called something like "The Homecoming of Berthelm, Beortnoth's Son", and I have been told, but not seen, that he wrote a novel in Indo-European as regenerated by glotto-chronology. For a sense of the man, one could do worse than his Father Christmas stories. And his is the definitive text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology (JEGP) is now available on line, and somewhere there must be a bibliography of Tolkien's academic work.
Farmer Giles of Ham...Roverandom...The Children of Hurin...The Silmarillion...The Hobbit...The Lord of the Rings...
Michael wrote: "Begin at the beginning!The Silmarillion"
I agree with Michael!
Haven't read Children of Hurin. Is it a goodread? The stories in the Silmarion are my favorite. Farmer Giles of Ham would be a good one to start on.
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May I suggest a book about Tolkien?It has just been translated in English "The broken schyte" published by Walking Tree. It's a book formed by different articles about death and immortality in Tolkien's books.
I read the original version in italian (La falce spezzata) and it's really interesting.
Just read Children of Hurin. interesting,but absolutely scary beyond my comprehension! Why can't the good people always get a happy ending.
Sophy wrote: "Just read Children of Hurin. interesting,but absolutely scary beyond my comprehension! Why can't the good people always get a happy ending."
Teutonic gloom.
i know right? this group likes to procrastinate!
Hey, the mods might have to step in and say it's time. Just let me know; I'm game.
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Sorry, yeah we kinda are procrastinating. It's hard for us all to get on consistently, but I guess we could sometime soon. I'm halfway through Les Miserables, but I could get my rear in gear and try to get this group into action.
How about The Children of Hurin?
Just added the Broken Scythe to my "to read" list - thanks for the pointer.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham (other topics)Smith of Wootton Major (other topics)
Roverandom Complete & Unabridged (other topics)
Also, any suggestions on how long we should read?