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The official Tolkien calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly anticipated by Tolkien fans the world over. Previous Tolkien calendars have become much sought after collector's items, and this year's will doubtless be an essential purchase for Middle-earth fans everywhere. The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar, 1973 ,1972
Published to coincide with a special 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the calendar (together with the diary) will initiate the start of a big year for the Nation's Big Read and Book of the Century.
Dec 27, 2017 · This year’s calendar features 13 paintings and illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, which were drawn by Tolkien when writing his beloved children’s classic, The Hobbit. They provide a fascinating insight into how Tolkien imagined the world of Middle-earth would look.
- 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...
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Sep 11, 2024 · Beren and Lúthien is a collection of writings by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien as a single book, published on 4 May 2017. It contains the various versions of the story previously published throughout the volumes of The History of Middle-earth .
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Aug 23, 2024 · April: Mabel Tolkien is hospitalized with diabetes. Tolkien is sent to live with his aunt Jane Neave. June: Mabel Tolkien partially recovers and goes, with her sons, to Rednal in Worcestershire to convalesce. 14 November: Tolkien's mother dies after a relapse.
