Beren and Luthien

English language

Published May 16, 2017

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978-0-00-821419-7
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Beren and Lúthien is a compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy Lúthien and Beren by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of Tolkien's earliest tales of Middle-earth. It is edited by Christopher Tolkien. It is the story of the love and adventures of the mortal Man Beren and the immortal Elf-maiden Lúthien. Tolkien wrote several versions of their story, the latest in The Silmarillion, and the tale is also mentioned in The Lord of the Rings at the council of Elrond. The story takes place during the First Age of Middle-earth, about 6,500 years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Beren, son of Barahir, cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown as the bride price for Lúthien, daughter of the Elf-king Thingol and Melian the Maia. His hand was cut off with a silmaril in it; later he was killed by Carcharoth, the wolf …

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Beren et Lúthien dans une immense gloire

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Ma femme nous avait offert ce magnifique livre pour notre anniversaire de mariage en 2018, en édition reliée, et je dois dire que je suis époustouflé tant par son cadeau que par le contenu, édité par le fils toujours fidèle de JRR, Christopher Tolkien.

Il nous présente toutes les différentes versions en vers et en prose de Beren and Lúthien de son père, au fur et à mesure qu'il continuait à écrire, éditer et réécrire.

Ainsi, dans The Tale of Tinúviel (pages 40 à 88), le conte est raconté dans un style très proche de celui de Children of Húrin. C'est une prose très très poétique, avec de nombreux détails lus dans le chapitre 19 de la version finale publiée du Silmarillion, et pourtant, sous une forme beaucoup plus complète (comme on peut l'imaginer par la longueur comparative, car cette dernière ne fait "que" 32 pages, vu p .189-221 dans …

Beren and Lúthien in massive glory

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Back in 2018, my wife offered us this magnificent book for our wedding anniversary, in its hardcover edition, and I must say, I'm blown both by her gift and by the content, edited by the ever-faithful son of JRR, Christopher Tolkien.

He presents us with all the various verse and prose versions of his father's Beren and Lúthien, as he kept writing, editing and re-writing.

Thus, The Tale of Tinúviel (pages 40 to 88) the tale is told in a style much like that of The Children of Hurin. It's very a very poetic prose, with many of the details read in chapter 19 of the final, published version of the Silmarillion, and yet, in a much fuller form (as can be imagined by the comparitve length, as the latter one ranges p. 189-221).

C.Tolkien comments and inserts information about the evolution of writing and published or previously unpublished forms …