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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.
The Fellowship of the Ring (Media Tie-in)
The Two Towers (Media Tie-in)
The Return of the King (Media Tie-in)
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Tales Before Narnia
The History of Middle-earth 5-Book Boxed Set
Tolkien Fantasy Tales Box Set (The Tolkien Reader, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
Bilbo's Last Song
The Silmarillion (Boxed Set)
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lays of Beleriand
The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One
Unfinished Tales
The Tolkien Reader
Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
The Silmarillion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo

Books

The Fellowship of the Ring (Media Tie-in)
The Two Towers (Media Tie-in)
The Return of the King (Media Tie-in)
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Tales Before Narnia
The History of Middle-earth 5-Book Boxed Set
Tolkien Fantasy Tales Box Set (The Tolkien Reader, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
Bilbo's Last Song
The Silmarillion (Boxed Set)
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lays of Beleriand
The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One
Unfinished Tales
The Tolkien Reader
Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
The Silmarillion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo

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