Al contrario di altri paesi di lingua inglese, che
hanno sempre importato edizioni dall’Inghilterra o dagli Stati Uniti, il Canada
ha la particolarità di avere una propria edizione del Signore degli Anelli.
Questa edizione tascabile è stata pubblicata per la
prima volta dala filiale di Toronto della Methuen nel 1971 con ristampe, quasi
annuali, edite per i primi anni settanta. Il testo è la seconda edizione del
1966 corretta da Tolkien per ristabilire i diritti d’autore e correggere alcuni
errori presenti nella prima edizione. L’impaginazione è perciò la stessa che si
trova in altre edizioni inglesi salvo la presenza di diversi errori di stampa. Le
illustrazioni della copertina sono di Pauline Baynes e nel retro si legge un
frase di apprezzamento dello stesso Tolkien per l’uscita di una edizione canadese.
Nel secondo e terzo volume sono presenti dei
riassunti dei volumi precedenti e nel terzo volume è presente l’intera
Appendice.
The Fellowship of the Rings
di J.R.R. Tolkien
Methuen (Paperback), Toronto, 1° ed. 1971, pp. 440
Illustrazioni di copertina di Pauline Baynes
Brossura
Note di copertina
“Among
the great works of imaginative fiction of the mid-20th Century.”
Sunday
Telegraph
The
Lord of the Rings is not a book to be described in a few sentences. It is an
heroic romance – “something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale
since. Spenser’s Faerie Queene, so one can’t praise the book by comparisons –
there’s nothing to compare it with. What can I say then?” Richard Hughes
continues, “For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel, and it is
nearly as remarkable for it vividness and for narrative skill which carries the
reader on, enthralled, for page after page.”
The
Fellowship of the Ring delineates the immense power of the One Ring and begins
the extraordinary heroic tale of war and adventure which continues in The Two
Towers and climaxes in The Return of the King.
“I
welcome the publication in Canada of this edition of “The Lord of the Rings.”
J.R.R
Tolkien
The Two Towers
di
J.R.R. Tolkien
Methuen
(Paperback), Toronto, 7° rist. 1° ed. 1971, pp. 352
Illustrazioni
di copertina di Pauline Baynes
Brossura
Note di copertina
“Among
the great works of imaginative fiction of the mid-20th Century.”
Sunday
Telegraph
The
Lord of the Rings is not a book to be described in a few sentences. It is an
heroic romance – “something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale
since. Spenser’s Faerie Queene, so one can’t praise the book by comparisons –
there’s nothing to compare it with. What can I say then?” Richard Hughes
continues, “For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel, and it is
nearly as remarkable for it vividness and for narrative skill which carries the
reader on, enthralled, for page after page.”
The
Two Towers benefit of those who have not read part one, The Fellowship of the
Ring, the author provides in this volume a synopsis of the story to this point.
“I
welcome the publication in Canada of this edition of “The Lord of the Rings.”
J.R.R
Tolkien
The Retrun of the King
di
J.R.R. Tolkien
Methuen (Paperback), Toronto, 1° ed. 1971, pp. 423
Illustrazioni di copertina di Pauline Baynes
Brossura
Note di copertina
“Among
the great works of imaginative fiction of the mid-20th Century.”
Sunday
Telegraph
The
Lord of the Rings is not a book to be described in a few sentences. It is an
heroic romance – “something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale
since. Spenser’s Faerie Queene, so one can’t praise the book by comparisons –
there’s nothing to compare it with. What can I say then?” Richard Hughes
continues, “For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel, and it is
nearly as remarkable for it vividness and for narrative skill which carries the
reader on, enthralled, for page after page.”
The
Return of the King is the third and final part of the fantastic epic of
Middle-Earth. For those who habe not read the first two parts, the author
provides a brief synopsis of the story thus far.
“I
welcome the publication in Canada of this edition of “The Lord of the Rings.”
J.R.R
Tolkien
