The Two Towers

J.R.R. TolkienIt seems an unlikely formula for success: an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon, and a book that begins with a little man who lives in a hole in the ground. But The Hobbit, followed by The Lord of the Rings, created the modern genre of heroic fantasy and made J.R.R. Tolkien one of the most widely-read authors in the world.BiographyJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father's death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.His mother died when he was only twelve and both he and his brother were made wards of the local priest and sent to King Edward's School, Birmingham, where Tolkien shine in his classical work. After completing a First in English Language and Literature at Oxford, Tolkien married Edith Bratt. He was also commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers and fought in the battle of the Somme. After the war, he obtained a post on the New English Dictionary and began to write the mythological and legendary cycle which he originally called "The Book of Lost Tales" but which eventually became known as The Silmarillion.In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit. It was his publisher, Stanley Unwin, who asked for a sequel to The Hobbit and gradually Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, a huge story that took twelve years to complete and which was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. After retirement Tolkien and his wife lived near Oxford, but then moved to Bournemouth. Tolkien returned to Oxford after his wife's death in 1971. He died on 2 September 1973 leaving The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher.Author biography courtesy of HarperCollins (UK).

出版者:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

作者:J. R. R. Tolkien

页数:352

出版时间:2012-9-18

价格:USD 13.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780547928203

丛书系列:The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

图书标签:J.R.R.Tolkien魔幻英国小说奇幻外国文学史诗历史

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The second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

“Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century. The book presents us with the richest profusion of new lands and creatures, from the beauty of Lothlórien to the horror of Mordor.” – Sunday Telegraph

读后感

四本一口气读完 电影也看过9遍 一个美丽的传奇 如史诗宏伟绮丽 其中的歌谣优美而哀伤 带着时间的味道 很好奇为什么这些奇幻的想象之作总是出自英国人或是日本人之手 中国的神魔小说却总带些书生的酸腐味 一枚戒指可以象征很多 当毕艾博捡起那枚魔戒 宿命之歌便开始了 作者赞...  

故事在发展，旅程还在继续。 远征队这时已是分开，前往摩多的弗罗多和山姆；牵制萨鲁曼的阿拉贡，勒苟拉斯，金岭，皮聘和梅里。 team spirit 是他们在众多战争中，以少敌众。  

可能是看的太沉了吧，一口气从魔戒前传一直看到第三部，心里最强烈的感觉就是心灵太震撼了。战士们的信念和勇气始终萦绕在心头，无法散去。他们的那种面对死亡决绝的态度，会使我们忘记作品本身的形式，比如结构，比如翻译。那种激荡的情感会催促着我们跟他们一起冒险，一起...  

可能是看的太沉了吧，一口气从魔戒前传一直看到第三部，心里最强烈的感觉就是心灵太震撼了。战士们的信念和勇气始终萦绕在心头，无法散去。他们的那种面对死亡决绝的态度，会使我们忘记作品本身的形式，比如结构，比如翻译。那种激荡的情感会催促着我们跟他们一起冒险，一起...  

我知道你在些什么，但我有时候感觉不到，庆幸的是只是有时候。文化差异？估计是悟性差！也许是因为我的胆小与懦弱 每当注释这几本《魔戒》的时候，就忍不住想能否有一天暂别现实的生活，去到那令人热血翻腾的中土世界！  

用户评价

啊，离散的护戒队。分成了两条线，较大篇幅在三人组，圣盔谷还是打得悲壮，pipin和merry那条支线让人get到植物的力量。sam和frodo走得更难，一度觉得smegol有些善意。阴影，喘不上气来，托老师牛逼

小队分开了，一边是惨战一边是孤独。每次重聚都让人激动。越来越浓的黑暗和越来越渺茫的希望。Hobbits是一种多么神奇的生物。不断感觉到自己的渺小和无知。

小队分开了，一边是惨战一边是孤独。每次重聚都让人激动。越来越浓的黑暗和越来越渺茫的希望。Hobbits是一种多么神奇的生物。不断感觉到自己的渺小和无知。

小队分开了，一边是惨战一边是孤独。每次重聚都让人激动。越来越浓的黑暗和越来越渺茫的希望。Hobbits是一种多么神奇的生物。不断感觉到自己的渺小和无知。

最近终于想起把魔戒三部曲重拾，重新开始看，任务有点艰巨，发现以前的人和大自然大概很亲近，描写自然的部分很多，学了一堆地貌名词。才发现，Frodo和Sam基情满满怎么回事………电影改编太多了，商业操作太明显，还是原著读起来更精彩，人物剧情更丰满。