Bilbo's Last Song

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Farewell friends! The sails are set, the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Bilbos Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien's epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings.
Bilbo Baggns, famous Hobbit adventurer and saviour of the One ring, arrives at the Grey Havens to board the White Ship on its journey west. It is here that he composes his last song, reflecting on " the leaving of Middle-earth and the voyage that will take him to the Undying Lands at the end of the sunset. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind.

Pauline Baynes was Tolkien's favourite illustrator. Her jewel-like paintings for this book follow two routes: the larger illustrations depict the journey that brings the ring-bearers and the company of elves to the Grey Havens, and the beginning of the final voyage. Running concurrently is a sequence of vignettes showing scenes from The Hobbit;, so Bilbo remembers... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Farewell friends! The sails are set, the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Bilbos Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien's epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings.
Bilbo Baggns, famous Hobbit adventurer and saviour of the One ring, arrives at the Grey Havens to board the White Ship on its journey west. It is here that he composes his last song, reflecting on " the leaving of Middle-earth and the voyage that will take him to the Undying Lands at the end of the sunset. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind.

Pauline Baynes was Tolkien's favourite illustrator. Her jewel-like paintings for this book follow two routes: the larger illustrations depict the journey that brings the ring-bearers and the company of elves to the Grey Havens, and the beginning of the final voyage. Running concurrently is a sequence of vignettes showing scenes from The Hobbit;, so Bilbo remembers his first journey as he prepares for his last.
For readers who would like more information on the pictures, there is a short section of notes at the end of the book.
'A must for all fans of Tolkien's vast, epic fantasy.' Publishers Weekly
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J.R.R. TOLKIElffwas born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, but came to England with his mother at the age of three and a half After serving in the First World War he became a distinguished professor of Anglo-Saxon and later of English Language and Literature at Oxford University. His first work of fiction, The Hobbit, was published in 1937-The Lord of the Rings, his masterpiece, took twelve years to write and was originally published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955. Tolkien said of this great work,. It is written in my life blood, such as that is, thick or thin; and I can do no other.' The author died at Oxford in 1973 at the age of eighty-one.
Pauline Baynes was born in Hove, Sussex, in 1922 and studied at Farnham School of Art and later at the Slade. Her association with Tolkien began when he chose her to illustrate Farmer Giles of Hami and she went on to illustrate several of his books including The Adventures of Tom Bombadik Smith of Wotton Major znA Tree and Leaf As well as being Tolkien's favourite artist she was also chosen by C.S. Lewis to illustrate the Narnia bool«. Vissza