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Unfinished Tales

By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - editor
Narrated by: Timothy West, Samuel West
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About this listen

 JRR Tolkien’s legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, on audio for the first time.

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 Limited Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Military Feel-Good

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Critic reviews

"Another monument to the incredible imagination of Tolkien." (Sunday Telegraph)

"Moments of mythic grandeur." (Sunday Times)

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Great to listen to it you want an education in the world of Middle Earth

Informative

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Expands&explains details in the Hobbit, LOTR and Silmarilion. Loved it and will read it again.

Awesome Tolkien

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Really enjoyed this as further reading to the world of middle earth. Loads of extra little details although, by very nature, it is a little disjointed at times. This was always going to be the case in a book like this and Christopher Tolkien has done a masterful job of making it into a single collection of stories.

I would not start with this book if you are new to the world of middle earth. But for fans that have read many of the other books, this is a true gem.

Good follow-on

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loved it! will now go and actually read the book as I was struggling with it

wonderful performance

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Great collection of Tolkien history, that is well curated and expertly narrated. Great to always learn more.

Great collection of Tolkien history.

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Brilliant additions to the 3 ages of Middle Earth. Tolkien's world is so rich and everything links together so beautifully. World building at its finest.

Tolkien the Master

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Massive lord of the rings fan and had somehow never heard this or the Silmarillion 😅😅

Loved both

Never heard before and loved it

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The content is beyond reproach; the delivery by father and son rendered with great patience, a reverence for the lore and a deep love for the works of a true genius. "Thank you for listening" he says at the end. No indeed, THANK YOU for taking the time to read it for us.👍

Another stupendous production and rendering.

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Very hard to get into with who is who but otherwise good, story is quite complex

Complicated but once story unfolded was interesting

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Some minor mispronounciations my only complaint. I want them to do all the other books!

Great pair of narrators!

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