La route perdue et autres textes, cinquième volume de « L'Histoire de la Terre du Milieu », présente le monde de Tolkien tel qu'il apparaît en 1937, lorsque commence la rédaction du Seigneur des Anneaux. Le lecteur découvrira non seulement le mythe « atlante » décrit dans La Chute de Numenor et dans l'étonnante Route Perdue, mais aussi la Quenta Silmarillion (une nouvelle version du livre repris par Tolkien tout au long de sa vie, accompagnée d'une carte), plusieurs poèmes inédits, ainsi que de nouvelles Annales du Valinor et Annales du Beleriand. Les Etymologies, qui brossent un tableau complet de la création linguistique de Tolkien au moment où naît son oeuvre maîtresse, aideront à comprendre le sens de nombreux noms et mots elfiques.

La route perdue

The first new illustrated edition of The Hobbit for more than 15 years contains 150 brand new colour illustrations. Artist Jemima Catlin''s charming and lively interpretation brings Tolkien''s beloved characters to life in a way that will entice and entertain a new generation of readers.  Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure.  Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug''s left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!  Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves. Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon...

THE HOBBIT

Premier récit publié par JRR Tolkien, en 1937, cette histoire, inventée par l'auteur pour ses propres enfants, rapporte les aventures de Bilbo, un jeune Hobbit, héros malgré lui lancé en quête d'un trésor gardé par un dragon, en compagnie de Nains et du magicien Gandalf. Bien que destiné initialement à la jeunesse, ce texte a également enchanté des générations de lecteurs adultes, par son suspense, ses coups de théâtre, son humour, sa poésie. mais aussi parce qu'il introduit le lecteur dans un monde inventé par Tolkien, la Terre du Milieu, qui sert de décor à la plupart de ses récits (dont Le Seigneur des Anneaux) ; et parce qu'il présente des personnages appelés à connaître une grande postérité, dont les Hobbits, Gandalf et. l'Anneau. Cette édition est servie par la nouvelle traduction, assurée par Daniel Lauzon, qui respecte les particularités du texte, son jeu avec les registres (du plus léger, au début du récit, vers des moments plus sombres, annonçant Le Seigneur des Anneaux qui prendra sa suite), la musicalité des chansons et des poèmes.

Le Hobbit

The definitive edition of J.R.R. Tolkien''s most beloved book, sporting a facsimile of his original cover design and complete with colour plates of his own paintings, brand new reproductions of all his drawings, and colour versions of both maps.  Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo''s life is never to be the same again.  Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRR Tolkien''s classic tale,  The Hobbit . Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad...

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Poemes de "le seigneur des anneaux"

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien''s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.  It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined.  Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Hurin.  Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.

THE CHILDREN OF HURIN

A revised and reset edition of 'The Silmarillion', illustrated by Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith -- designed to match and complement the illustrated 'Lord of The Rings'.

THE SILMARILLION ILLUSTRATED

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war.

 After The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J R R Tolkien turned his attention once again to 'the Matter of the Elder Days'. The text of the Annals of Aman, the 'Blessed Land' in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda.

 The second part of this history of the later The Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.

Morgoth’s Ring

Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien''s five acclaimed modern classic ''fairie'' tales in the vein of ''The Hobbit'', fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee.The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien''s place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.- Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures.- Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town;- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom''s many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls;- Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree;- Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. Alan also provides an Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien''s world.World-renowned Tolkien author and expert, Tom Shippey, takes the reader through the hidden links in the tales to Tolkien''s Middle-earth in his Introduction, and recounts their history and themes.Lastly, included as an appendix is Tolkien''s most famous essay, "On Fairy-stories", in which he brilliantly discusses fairy-stories and their relationship to fantasy.Taken together, this rich collection of new and unknown work from the author of The Children of Hurin will provide the reader with a fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.

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