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This page has information about the books and author of the Lord of the Rings series.
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About the author
John Ronald Reuel Tolien was born January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein. At the age of four he and his brother moved back with his mother in england. When he was just a child his father died. Then, at the age of twelve his mother died. After that, he and his brother were made wards of a local priest. Tolkien attended Oxford University, where he studied English and literature. After college, he married a women named Edith Bratt. Soon after, he fought in the battle of Sommes. When the war had ended, Tolkien wrote his first book, The Silmarillion. In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader of English at the University of Leeds, which proved to be a very successful career. Meanwhile, Tolkien wrote a story for his children, called The Hobbit. Tolkien's publisher then saw the story and asked for a sequel, now known as The Lord of the Rings. It took Tolkien twelve long years to complete the whole trilogy. He died at the of 81 on September 2, 1973. He never actually completed his book The Silmarillion, which he left for his son Christopher to edit for publication. |
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The Hobbit
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The Lord of the Rings
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