Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Level 3 - J. R. R. Tolkien


This is the space for submitting reviews of J. R. R. Tolkien’s books (just click on ‘Comments’).

J. R. R. Tolkien was born in 1892 in South Africa. He moved to England when he was a child. He served as a soldier in World War One, but returned home an invalid after suffering from trench fever. While recovering from illness he began to write his earliest stories. He became a professor at Oxford University and while there he wrote The Hobbit then Lord of the Rings, finishing it in 1948. His books did not become popular until the 1960s and 70s, when they became very popular with hippies!

There are lots of websites dedicated to Tolkien but the official one is www.tolkienestate.com.

The Library has all of the Lord of the Rings books, as well as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

2 comments:

scott g said...

the lord of the rings the return of the king by j.r.r tolkien

i really enjoyed this book i thought it was very interesting
i have seen the film and i think it is better than the book
a lot of people would like this book.
it is about the last evil ring and frodo has to take it to mordor where it was made.Its not that easy because there is orcs and goblins in his path. He has a brave team with him to kill the enemies while he sneaks past. Does he get the ring to Mordor??

leroy moue said...

Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien
Return of the King
The war of the ring

This book is about a young hobbit called Frodo. Frodo has to take the final evil ring to the firery pits of Mordor, where it was made, for that is the only way to destroy it. No hammer, war hammer, axe, battle axe, sword or fire will destroy-other than the firery pits of Mordor. Will Frodo get to Mordor, read to find out.

08mouel