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Previously-Unseen ‘The Hobbit’ Drawings By J.R.R Tolkien
From DesignTAXI:
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, publishing house HarperCollins has produced a covetable collection of 110 original illustrations—’The Art of the Hobbit’—by J.R.R. Tolkien, of which two dozens have never been published before.
These rare drawings—which range from pencil sketches and ink line drawings to watercolors—were uncovered at the writer’s archives at the Bodleian Library in Oxford and only recently digitized.
While the published version of the children’s classic consisted only of 20 illustrations by its author, Tolkien had actually made more than a hundred pictures to help bring his legendary story to life.
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I know no one will see this but I really need to put this out there. J.R.R. Tolkien did not create his legendarium for girls to feign over characters that are brothers and are mostly kin. Also do not use the quote Not all those who wander are lost unless you know what it signifies. Tolkien abhorred popular culture and did not want his universe (Ea) to become some mickey mouse fan club where girls fangirl over characters and ship their brothers. His work was of scholarly attributes there is much more to the books than in Peter Jackson’s films I think its good that we can be introduced through the medium of film as I was when I was eight years old but please stop and read the books and become immersed into his legendarium. You can totally ship Beren and Luthien though that’s okay
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And Gandalf took me seriously when he was dragged by a Balrog into the abyss under Moria and pursued it for eight days to the peak of mount Zirakzigil, fighting for two days and nights before vanquishing his foe and relinquishing his body in death, only to be resurrected again as Gandalf the white for the benefit of all of middle earth…
People just don’t understand…
This is too funny you guys know J.R.R. Tolkien was a Roman Catholic and this part has clear connections with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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bluefooted - Eowyn and the Nazgul
“I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my path led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears, and the guest of eagles. I am Ring-winner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.”
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He was known to begin classes by barging into the lecture hall, sometimes in era-appropriate chain mail armor, and bellowing the opening lines of Beowulf at the top of his lungs. As one of his students put it, “He could turn a lecture room into a mead hall.
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10 Things you should know about Tolkien
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this is the type of teacher I wanna be
