Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien will be published on 1 June 2017. The new book will demonstrate this evolution.īeren and Lúthien will be published 100 years since Tolkien’s wife Edith danced for him in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks in East Yorkshire, an event he later acknowledged was the inspiration for the meeting of the immortal Lúthien Tinúviel and the mortal Beren in the glades beside Esgalduin. The story underwent considerable revision throughout Tolkien’s life, and was reworked in both prose and poetry. The earliest version of the tale of Beren and Lúthien was written in 1917, when Beren was an Elf not a Man and the equivalent of Sauron was a large evil cat. Posted by Daniel Helen at 11:13 on 19 October 2016Ī compilation of Tolkien’s tales of Beren and Lúthien will be published on 1 June 2017, HarperCollins has announced.Įdited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee, Beren and Lúthien will bring together material scattered throughout the 12-volume History of Middle-earth series.
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