The Lord of the Rings: Beren and Lúthien Book Arrives in 2017
A new book for J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy saga, The Lord of the Rings, will be published next spring. Per the official Tolkien online book shop, Harper Collins is going to publish a new 304-page book that was actually written by the late J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The book is called Beren and Lúthien and tells the tale of those two characters that was referenced in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and by Aragorn in the extended version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring live-action film.
According to the above website, the book was restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts, and it’s being presented as a fully continuous, standalone story. The book will tell the tale of Beren and Lúthien, and return fans of The Lord of the Rings to the world of Elves, Men, Dwarves and Orcs in Middle-earth.
In the lore of The Lord of the Rings, Beren was a mortal who fell in love with Lúthien, an immortal Elf. Her father is a great Elvish Lord who opposes the union, unless Beren can accomplish an impossible task in order to earn Lúthien’s hand in marriage. This will lead to Beren and Lúthien’s heroics in robbing the evil Melkor aka Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril.
The book was edited by Tolkien’s son, Christopher Tolkien, who looks to further extract the story of Beren and Lúthien. This book is going to present J.R.R. Tolkien’s words in their original form, followed by passages in prose and verse from later Tolkien texts that will help show how the narrative of the story has changed. These texts will be presented together for the very first time and reveal new aspects of the Beren and Lúthien story as an actual event and in their narrative immediacy. These include elements that were otherwise lost.
The book is due to arrive on May 4, 2017. To clarify, this story was originally published in The History of Middle-earth. However, here it will be a standalone story with some new edits by Christopher Tolkien and also new illustrations by renowned Tolkien artist Alan Lee.