John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote popular books of fantasy fiction. The most famous of his books are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.fiction. - презентация

1 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

2 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote popular books of fantasy fiction. The most famous of his books are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.fiction

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4 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in South Africa. At age 4 he moved with his family to Great Britain. Tolkien graduated from Oxford University in 1915.

5 In 1925 Tolkien began teaching at Oxford. His classes dealt with the roots of the English language. He studied old fables, myths, and legends.

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7 During this time Tolkien began writing fantasy stories. Part of this writing included making up an entire language called Elvish. The characters called elves in Tolkien's stories speak this language.

8 Tolkien published The Hobbit in He wrote it partly to amuse his four children. The main character of the book is a short, furry- footed creature called a hobbit.

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10 The story takes place in a fantasy world called Middle-earth.

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12 The Lord of the Rings, published in 1954 and 1955, also takes place in Middle- earth.

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16 This novel is sometimes divided into three parts: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

17 Tolkien died on September 2, He had started another book about Middle-earth, called The Silmarillion, but did not finish it.

18 Tolkien's youngest son, Christopher, published this book in 1977.

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