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The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition Twarda oprawa – Edycja specjalna, 16 marca 2023
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Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase.
The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their ‘fireside reads’.
Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff’s lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines – chapter by chapter – why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien’s ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.
As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world’s most popular novels – both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings – this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien’s professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo’s round door for the first time.
- ISBN-100008601402
- ISBN-13978-0008601409
- WydanieDeluxe edition
- WydawcaHarperCollins
- Data publikacji16 marca 2023
- JęzykAngielski
- Wymiary14.9 x 8.2 x 22.8 cm
- Długość wersji drukowanej992 str.
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Praise for The Hobbit:
‘The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own. Its place is with Alice and The Wind in the Willows’
Times Literary Supplement
‘One of the best loved characters in English fiction… a marvellous fantasy adventure’
Daily Mail
‘Finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls… an exciting epic of travel, magical adventure, working up to a devastating climax’
The Observer
O autorze
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
John D. Rateliff moved to Wisconsin in 1981 to work with the Tolkien manuscripts at Marquette University. He has been active in Tolkien scholarship for many years, delivering papers on Tolkien and the Inklings. While at Marquette, he assisted in the collation of their holdings with those Christopher Tolkien was editing for his History of Middle-earth series. A professional editor, he lives in Seattle with his wife and three cats, only one of whom is named after a Tolkien character.
Szczegóły produktu
- Wydawca : HarperCollins; Deluxe edition (16 marca 2023)
- Język : Angielski
- Twarda oprawa : 992 str.
- ISBN-10 : 0008601402
- ISBN-13 : 978-0008601409
- Wymiary : 14.9 x 8.2 x 22.8 cm
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Tolkien scholar John Rateliff documents precisely how that happened.
I bought Rateliff’s “The History of the Hobbit” last year, ordering it online. I was so excited I didn’t pay attention to the number of pages.
Including the index, it’s 938 pages. That doesn’t include the 41-page introduction.
To read a nearly 1,000-page volume requires determination and time. I had the former but not the latter. For several months, the book rested on my desk, almost staring at me in a kind of silent reproach. The only path forward in tackling it was the one I eventually followed.
I read it gradually and in spurts, until I could finally read it straight through.
I stuck with it, and I’m glad I did. But it helps to love Tolkien’s writings, and even if you do, the reading requires commitment. The work includes the complete draft version of “The Hobbit,” plus Tolkien’s plot notes and Rateliff’s own extensive footnotes. Using Tolkien’s own letters and the recorded memories and reminiscences of family members and friends, Rateliff explains how the book was written over a period of several years, including periods of no writing at all.
He documents five phases of the writing and revision of “The Hobbit.” The first manuscript didn’t have a Gandolf; instead, the wizard was named Bladorthin. Smaug the dragon was originally Pryftan. Gollum doesn’t try to kill Bilbo; instead, he remains a faithful guide to the end. And there are other significant differences.
This first phase includes the “Pryftan Fragment” and the “Bladorthin Typescript.” Rateliff also notes that the original opening written by Tolkien has been lost.
The second phase is the longest section of the book. This is where the story that is most familiar to us took shape and involves most of the plot and character development. The third phase of writing and revision began when the story was set to typescript. This was the version eventually published in 1937. Ten years later in 1947, Tolkien made some revisions, proposing “corrections” to better align with the draft already underway – “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. In 1960, the date of the fifth phase, some revisions made their way into a new edition of “The Hobbit,” and some found a place in “The Lord of the Rings.”
What emerges from this study is a writer who never “finished” the works he’s best known for, but instead kept editing and making small but important changes.
The book is incredibly, and carefully, documented. The breadth of Rateliff’s knowledge and understanding is huge. This wasn’t a simple matter of comparing the different versions of a manuscript and seeing the notes in the margins. Instead, Rateliff examined notes, files, letters, biographies, histories, published articles, and studies.
Rateliff is an author, independent scholar, speaker, and creator of roleplaying games. For decades, he’s specialized in the writings of Tolkien and presented numerous papers, published books, and given speeches and lectures. He also worked with Christopher Tolkien on History of Middle-earth, coordinating the holdings at Marquette University on Tolkien. He lives in the Seattle area.
This volume was published in 2023, the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s death. Rateliff had previously published the two-part “History of the Hobbit,” “Mr. Baggins” and “Return to Bag-End,” and a one-volume edition of “The History of the Hobbit” in 2007. He also served as editor for “The Rhetoric of Vision: Essays on Charles Williams.”
If you’re a Tolkien scholar, “The History of the Hobbit” is a welcome addition to the literature. If you’re a Ringhead (aka Tolkien fan), the book is full of fascinating information about how Tolkien wrote his beloved story. Even if you’re neither, the book is a solid, well-documented account about how one of the most influential books of the 20th century came to be written.
2. Não é um livro trivial e interessa apenas aos muito curiosos e aos estudiosos de Tolkien.
3. Livro costurado, bem encadernado, ilustrado.
4. O papel é de má qualidade.
5. Apesar de volumoso, mantém-se aberto e pode ser lido com conforto.
6. Tal como a edição "de luxo", pode conter falhas de impressão (ver foto).
Em resumo, esta edição de 2023 pode até ser considerada satisfatória, mas nada além disso. A edição "de luxo" (também lançada em 2023), que é bem mais cara, também está sendo bastante criticada. Talvez o mais indicado, ao menos neste momento, seja comprar a edição eletrônica. De um modo ou de outro, vale a pena pesquisar (aqui mesmo na Amazon) "The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition".
Opinia napisana w Brazylii dnia 25 lipca 2023
2. Não é um livro trivial e interessa apenas aos muito curiosos e aos estudiosos de Tolkien.
3. Livro costurado, bem encadernado, ilustrado.
4. O papel é de má qualidade.
5. Apesar de volumoso, mantém-se aberto e pode ser lido com conforto.
6. Tal como a edição "de luxo", pode conter falhas de impressão (ver foto).
Em resumo, esta edição de 2023 pode até ser considerada satisfatória, mas nada além disso. A edição "de luxo" (também lançada em 2023), que é bem mais cara, também está sendo bastante criticada. Talvez o mais indicado, ao menos neste momento, seja comprar a edição eletrônica. De um modo ou de outro, vale a pena pesquisar (aqui mesmo na Amazon) "The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition".
Opinia napisana w Wielkiej Brytanii dnia 29 kwietnia 2023