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All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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Showing posts with label Akallabeth. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Akallabeth. Show all posts

16 February 2018

And thus was Númenor avenged (RK 6.iii.947)

"Queen Tar-Miriel and the Great Wave" © Ted Nasmith That Tolkien had a recurring dream of a great green wave rushing acro...

10 October 2015

Númenor in the Mouth of Sauron (RK 5.x.889)

'Dwarf-coat, elf-cloak, blade of the downfallen West, and spy from the little rat-land of the Shire.' ( RK 5.x.889) So spok...

27 June 2015

From the Bliss of the Gods to a Jewel Shining in the Darkness -- What Tolkien's Kilbride Dedication Can Show Us

The sale at Sotheby's in London on 4 June 2015 of a first edition of The Hobbit for £137,000 has certainly drawn its share of attenti...

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