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This delightful collection of scenes takes the reader on a unique journey through the beauty and drama of Middle-earth. It represents a truly charming addition to the series of official calendars by a gifted artist, and promises to be a memorable calendar for fans.
The Tolkien Calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly looked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over; there is much demand for the annual calendar, with Tolkien calendars from the past 30 years becoming collectors' items.
- Marriage to Arthur Tolkien
- Raising Two Sons
- Conversion to Catholicism
- Life in Moseley and Edgbaston
- Death
Mabel Suffield grew up in Birmingham. In March 1891 she sailed from England to meet and marry her fiancé and marry in South Africa after an engagement of three years. Her father, John Suffield, had not allowed her to marry until she turned twenty-one. After arriving in South Africa she travelled to Bloemfonteinwith her husband. On 3 January 1892, s...
Arthur had only amassed a modest sum of capital and it would not bring Mabel an income of more than thirty shillings a week, scarcely sufficient to maintain herself and two children even at the lowest standard of living. In summer of 1896 when Mabel found a house in Sarehole, 5 Gracewell, cheap enough for herself and the children to live independen...
Christianity became an increasingly important part in Mabel Tolkien's life after her husband's death, and at first each Sunday she took the boys on a long walk to a High Anglican church. In May of 1900, Mabel, along with her sister, May Incledon (née Suffield), was accepted into the Catholic Faith. Their family was greatly upset by this. Their fath...
That same year, the family moved to Moseley, conveniently situated on the tram route to Tolkien's new school. A Tolkien uncle who was uncharacteristically well-disposed towards Mabel paid the fees, which then amounted to twelve pounds per annum. But Mabel, still not satisfied, moved the family again, to Edgbaston, where they found a house near the ...
During the New Year of 1904, Ronald and Hilary were confined to bed with measles followed by whooping- cough, and in Hilary's case by pneumonia. The additional strain of nursing them was difficult for their mother, and as she feared it proved 'impossible to go on'. By April 1904 she was in a hospital, and her condition was diagnosed as diabetes. In...
6 days ago · In a letter to his own son J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that his mother was a ‘gifted lady of great beauty and wit, greatly stricken by God with grief and suffering who died in youth of a disease hastened by persecution of her faith.’. Matt Archbold, June 3, 2019.
Aug 23, 2024 · 3 January: J.R.R. Tolkien is born. 1894. 17 February: Tolkien's younger brother Hilary is born. 1895. April: Tolkien's mother Mabel moves with her sons from South Africa to Birmingham, England. 1896. 15 February: Tolkien's father Arthur Tolkien dies of rheumatic fever. Summer: Tolkien's mother moves with her sons to Sarehole. 1900
Tolkien-related events that took place in 2017. January. 3 - Birthday Toast. 27 - Actor John Hurt dies. 30 - Actor Victor Platt dies.? - Amon Hen 263 is published.? - Mallorn 57 is published. February. 2 - The Hobbit Movie Trilogy Colouring Book is published. March
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Sep 1, 2016 · Tolkien Calendar 2017: The Hobbit 80th Anniversary Calendar – 1 Sept. 2016. by J. R. R. Tolkien (Illustrator) 4.5 51 ratings. See all formats and editions. This year’s calendar features black and white paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien himself from the beloved children’s classic, The Hobbit.
