All three title pages of the books had been signed by the author, JRR Tolkien.

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The film, like its previous two instalments, takes many liberties with JRR Tolkien's text, but it does so judiciously.

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An ancient gold ring thought to have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit is on display at a Tudor house.

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But for JRR Tolkien, it was Switzerland that won his heart.

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Police also found the forged signatures of JRR Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette at Formhal's home, the court was told.

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Police also found the forged signatures of JRR Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette at Mr Formhal's home, the court was told.

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Christmas is a good time for us to recognize that though the world generates catastrophes, but it also has been given what JRR Tolkien called eucastrophes.

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The film is the first in a trilogy, with director Peter Jackson returning to JRR Tolkien's novels after his hit adaptations of Lord Of The Rings.

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Based on the novel by JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit is set 60 years before the Lord Of The Rings, which Jackson also made into a trilogy of films.

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I'm sure anybody who has not read (or remembered) the books will enjoy the films and go away thinking they have seen JRR Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings but I wanted to see the book on the big screen - not an interpretation of it.

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