This newly published retelling of the tale contains several versions of the story, some in prose and some in poetic form.
The History of Middle-earth was not simply a compilation of previously-unpublished material, but an attempt to systematize and reconcile storylines that differed among manuscripts. He almost always required external deadlines to complete his manuscripts, and so much of Middle-earth’s most detailed and wide-ranging history was consigned to filing cabinets and desks upon his death.Ĭhristopher includes a version of Beren and Lúthien, which was originally published in The Silmarillion in 1977, in The History of Middle-earth, his later multi-volume series. Tolkien was an incurable perfectionist who loved to rework his stories. We are guided through this new standalone edition of the tale by a figure arguably as well equipped to do so as the author himself-his son Christopher.Ĭhristopher Tolkien has devoted a large part of his life to editing, compiling, and making sense of the many manuscripts his father left unfinished. It reveals how Tolkien wove the tapestry of one of his most cherished stories over the course of his lifetime. Eren and Lúthien provides a unique glimpse into J.R.R.
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