![]() ![]() ![]() While true that passages are also found in The Silmarillion and HOME, the appeal of this 2017 release is that it compiles all drafts containing the two characters, telling their history in one volume. The story speaks to a wider audience than HOME, much like Children of Hurin. Beren and Lúthien are two halves of a legendary love story and part of the world's lore.īut 100 years after writing, can a manifested version of Beren and Lúthien hold weight? Oh, it can and it does. The 12-volume History of Middle-earth (known as "HOME" to fans) is perhaps the best example of this. His son, Christopher Tolkien, acting as the world's foremost Tolkien scholar, has studied and compiled various drafts his father left. Tolkien book was released ( Children of Hurin), fans finally can get their hands on the latest installment: Beren and Lúthien, a chronological version of a love story that Tolkien peppers throughout some of his other works.įor the non-Tolkien fans reading this, let me catch you up: J.R.R. ![]()
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