Audiobook The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition―Revealing Insights into the Life of Middle-Earth's Creator by J.R.R. Tolkien in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Close your eyes and hear Tolkien's voice-warm, precise, and alive with the weight of his pen. This isn't just a book; it's a secret conversation with Middle-earth's creator, now fully restored as an audiobook. The revised edition unlocks over 150 letters never before heard, excised from the 1981 version for "publishable length." Now, you'll hear him debating publishers, scribbling to his children, or sharing his own plot summary of The Lord of the Rings-a vision he'd never published.
Hearing Tolkien's words in his own voice (the audiobook is read with quiet reverence, capturing his dry wit and deep passion) feels like eavesdropping on genius. You'll hear him laugh over his son's schoolboy antics, lament the war's toll on his writing, and passionately defend his Catholic faith as the heartbeat of his world. His letters to fans? Not just polite replies-they're invitations to understand how he built Middle-earth, letter by letter.
What's thrilling isn't just the new lore-it's the man. Here, he's not the distant mythmaker but a father, a scholar, a friend who called his son "my dearest son" before drafting the next chapter of The Silmarillion. You'll hear him fret over The Hobbit's reception, sketch out Tales of the Three Ages (a project that never saw print), and reveal how his invented languages shaped entire histories.
This audiobook isn't a dry archive; it's intimate. You'll feel the ink-stained paper, the urgency of a letter dashed off between teaching duties, the quiet joy of a writer finally being understood. For fans, it's like finding a hidden map to Tolkien's mind. For newcomers, it's the perfect gateway: no need to know every Eä or Elven term-just witness a master storyteller, alive and thinking. The restored letters aren't additions; they're the missing pieces of the puzzle. And hearing them? It's like Tolkien himself is leaning across the table, saying, "Come, let me tell you how it all began."
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