Unfinished Tales
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Unfinished Tales
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Narrated by:
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Timothy West
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Samuel West
About this listen
Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author.
The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf’s lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan.
Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien’s son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father’s writings.
©1980 The Tolkien Estate Limited and C.R. Tolkien (P)1980 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
"Another monument to the incredible imagination of Tolkien." (Sunday Telegraph)
"Moments of mythic grandeur." (Sunday Times)
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-11-2024
An indispensable book
Unfinished Tales is filled with gems for any lover of Middle Earth. These stories will take you deep into M.E. and Numenor and bring you closer to Arda.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-2021
Many Stories of Middle Earth
This was a great tale of stories compiled into one book, this helps understand his thought process behind many off his books.
I would definitely recommend for anyone who loves the tales of middle earth.
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- Cameron Graf
- 07-01-2023
Interesting and well done
The mix of story narration (representing J.R.R. Tolkein) with commentary (from Christopher Tolkein’s perspective) was done incredibly well by the narrators - Timothy and Samuel West - which made the entire experience incredibly immersive and informative. This is great to enjoy after the main Trilogy/Hobbit and others (particularly The Silmarillion and related stories) as it provides further context for the backstories or interim events not covered in other texts. Highly recommend for Middle-Earth fans!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-06-2024
Adventurous
A great read/listen. Very fascinating and insightful to the great variety of work from JRR Tolkien and amazing as always.
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