J. R. R.
Tolkien
Tales
from the Perilous Realm
ЗАКАЗАТЬ
Издательство:
HarperCollins, 2008 г.
Суперобложка, 432 стр.
ISBN 978 0 00 725754 6
Язык:
Английский
Tales from the Perilous Realm is the definitive collection
of J.R.R.Tolkien's acclaimed shorter works of fantasy and adventure.
These
five tales are written with the same skill, quality and hallmarks that made "The
Hobbit" a beloved classic. Often overlooked, these short works are now brought
together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's status as a master storyteller
for readers of all ages.
Содержание:
Roverandom
Is
a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter
strange and fabulous creatures.
Рассказ - c. 1-98
Farmer Giles of Ham
Is
fat and unheroic, but -having unwittingly managed to scare off a shortsighted
giant - is called upon to do battle when the dragon Chrysophylax comes to town.
Рассказ - c. 99-166
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Tells in verse
of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls.
Рассказ
- c. 167-242
Smith of Wootton Major
Journeys to the Land of Faery
thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.
Рассказ - c. 243-282
Leaf by Niggle
Recounts the strange adventures
of the painter Niggle, who sets out to paint the perfect tree.Рассказ
c. 283-312
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J.
R. R. Tolkien
The
Treason of Isengard
ЗАКАЗАТЬ
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers, 2002 г.
Мягкая обложка, 512 стр.
ISBN 0 261 10220
6, 978-0-261-10220-0
Язык: Английский
The Treason of Isengard continues
the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume,
The Return of the Shadow. It traces the great expansion of the tale into new lands
and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains: the emergence of Lothlorien,
of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard.
In brief outlines and pencilled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are seen
the first entry of Galadriel, the earliest ideas of the history of Gondor, and
the original meeting of Aragorn and Eowyn, its significance destined to be wholly
transformed.
The book also contains a full account of the original map which
was to be the basis of the emerging geography of Middle-earth; and an appendix
examines the Runic alphabets, with illustrations of the forms and an analysis
of the Runes used in the Book of Mazarbul found beside Balin's tomb in Moria.
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J.R.R.
Tolkien
The
Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History
of Middle-Eart
ЗАКАЗАТЬ
Издательство:
Houghton Mifflin, 2000 г.
Мягкая обложка, 498 стр.
ISBN 061808357X
In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord
of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume)
Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline
plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the
Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R.
Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'.
The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous
Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in
an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first
rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit
called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity
remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty
that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate
permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange
modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent
Farmer Maggot.
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien
halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking
Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return
of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable
pages from the earliest manuscripts.
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Джон
Рональд Ройл Толкиен
John Ronald Ruel Tolkien
Великобритания, 3.1.1892
- 2.9.1973
Родился 3 января 1892 года в Блумфонтейне (Южная Африка) в семье
переселенцев из Германии; отсюда - несколько необычное третье имя "Ройл"
(а вовсе не Руэл, как повелось у нас с чьей-то легкой руки). Окончил Оксфордский
университет. Принимал участие в Первой мировой войне. В 1925 году возвратился
в Оксфорд и проработал там до выхода на пенсию (1959). Как ученый известен прежде
всего комментированным изданием англосаксонской эпической поэмы "Беовульф",
переводами на современный английский язык средневековых рыцарских романов (в частности,
"Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый Рыцарь", 1925), а также эссе "О волшебных
историях" (1947), в которой изложил и обосновал собственную концепцию мифопоэтики.
Толкиен был одним из "отцов-основателей" литературного клуба "The
Inklings", в членах которого состояли, в частности, Клайв С. Льюис, Чарлз
Уильямс, Оуэн Барфилд. Первая художественная публикация - стихотворение "Битва
на восточной равнине" (март 1911 года). Слава к Толкиену-писателю пришла
после выхода в свет трилогии "Властелин Колец", которая только с 1954
по 1966 год выдержала пятнадцать изданий, как в Англии, так и в Соединенных Штатах.
Скончался Джон Р. Р. Толкиен 2 сентября 1973 года.
Лауреат премий:
Locus
Poll Award 1978, 1987,
Ditmar Award 1978,
Gandalf Award 1974, 1978,
Balrog
Award 1981, 1979,
International Fantasy Award 1957,
Mythopoeic Award 1981.