{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-j-r-r-tolkien-wit-and-wisdom-from-the-creator-of-middle-earth-book","title":"The Little Book of J.R.R. Tolkien - Wit and Wisdom from The Creator of Middle Earth Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing on his knowledge of languages, mythology and legend, he created an entire alternative reality, Middle Earth, and populated it with hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, magicians and giant spiders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePacked with fascinating facts about Tolkien's life and labours, this delightful volume includes extracts from his works, letters and interviews, as well as from his contemporaries and admirers. It's a celebration of the writer whose imagination and creative genius changed the course of fantasy literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fellowship of the Ring (1954)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking...'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTolkien in a letter to Deborah Webster, 25 October 1958\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn July 1915, Tolkien took part in the Somme offensive, the bloodiest battle of the Great War. While recovering in hospital from trench fever, he wrote his first Elvish word list, as well as the first fragments of what would become\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe inspiration for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecame to Tolkien unexpectedly in the summer of 1930, while he was working his way through a huge stack of student essays. On a blank page he found himself scrawling, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"table-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"height: 78.2812px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003eOrange Hippo\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e192\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5703px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781800693746\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56710526599499,"sku":"BOOK4157","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/8702\/5739\/files\/the-little-book-of-jrr-tolkein.jpg?v=1773835944","url":"https:\/\/makeuporbreakup.com\/products\/the-little-book-of-j-r-r-tolkien-wit-and-wisdom-from-the-creator-of-middle-earth-book","provider":"Make Up Or Break Up","version":"1.0","type":"link"}