Elcome to the Tolkien Timeline! ecause so much of the focus has been on his two most famous literary works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , J.R.R. Tolkien appears to the casual reader as nothing more than an author of fantasy literature. He was, however, a very distinguished linguist and scholar. This compilation is a chronological list of important events relating to Tolkien's life, ...

Author of important work on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, it is for his fantasy novels that J.R.R Tolkien is best known. The Hobbit was published in 1937, and the trilogy , The Lord of the Rings, in 1954-5. The Hobbit is the best selling work of fiction of the 20th century, having sold over 35 million copies. The Lord of the Rings has sold over 20 million copies. Birmingham England UK ...

J.R.R. Tolkien HarperAudio! presents: author J.R.R. Tolkien reading excerpts from his mythical saga The Lord of the Rings. Part 1 .au format (5.4 Mb), .gsm format (1 Mb), .ra format (0.6 Mb). In this segment, we hear Tolkien as he tells the story of Treebeard and intones the mysterious Entish chants. Part 2 .au format (5.4 Mb), .gsm format (1 Mb), .ra format (0.6 Mb). In this selection, Sam, ...

This is a set of photos of places in Oxford associated with the life of J.R.R. Tolkien. The original copy of these pages is at users.ox.ac.uk. There are mirrors of these pages at ftp.sunet.se (Sweden) and www.spowers.net (USA). The mirrors may well not be as up-to-date as the original version, but it does not get changed very often. See also: The Tolkien's Birmingham pages The Tolkien Society ...