
We are also immensely grateful to our amazing volunteers: Tolkien Society members, as well as students and staff from the Centre, who took the time to record our chosen extracts in French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese! Keep an eye on this blog for the extract from The Lord of the Rings tomorrow (Wednesday 24th), and you can also check yesterday’s extract and readings from The Hobbit here. The videos will remain live until just after the end of Tolkien Reading Day (25th March 2021). We are grateful to the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins for permission to share this extract and videos. Accompanying the extract are a collection of readings in a diverse range of languages that have been lovingly created by members of the Society and Centre. In this extract, which comes from The Silmarillion, Lúthien dares to enchant Morgoth himself. To celebrate this year’s Tolkien Reading Day theme of ‘Hope and Courage’, the Tolkien Society and the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow are excited to release the second of three extracts from Tolkien’s writings. The Lord of the Rings Extract (PDF document)īelow are the readings that you can watch and listen to at your own pleasure. The Lord of the Rings Extract (Word document)

The Lord of the Rings ‘Hope and Courage’ Extract and Readingsĭownload and read the extract from The Lord of the Rings here: Meanwhile, the Society and the Centre will be posting about this extract on their social media profiles and you can join in by visiting the Society’s on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or the Centre’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and share your reactions to the extracts using the hashtag #TolkienReadingDay2021. On Tolkien Reading Day itself tomorrow (25th March), don’t forget to join us and our special guests for one of our three live webinars, to share your own reading from Tolkien and discuss how his work inspires hope and courage! Here are the links to book: We are also immensely grateful to our amazing volunteers: Tolkien Society members, as well as students and staff from the Centre, who took the time to record our chosen extracts in French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese! You can find their readings from The Hobbit here, and from The Silmarillion here.


In this extract, which comes from The Lord of the Rings, Sam takes hope from a star over the Ephel Dúath. To celebrate this year’s Tolkien Reading Day theme of ‘Hope and Courage’, the Tolkien Society and the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow are excited to release the last of three extracts from Tolkien’s writings.
