Reading
task 1. read about a famous writer, the author of the hobbit and the lord of the rings. then
do the task below.
john ronald reuel tolkien was a famous british writer. he is best known for his fantasy
books the hobbit and the lord of the rings.
'tolkien was born on 3rd january 1892, in south africa. when he was four years old, the
family moved to england. in 1900.. he was very good at languages. he studied not only latin
and greek, but also gothic and finnish.
after the war, tolkien taught english language and literature at the university of leeds.
later he became a professor at oxford university. there he started a writing group called the
inklings. one of the members of this group was c.s. lewis (“the chronicles of narnia'), who
became one of tolkien's closest friends. they shared great enthusiasm for the myths, sagas, and
languages of northern europe.
in 1937, professor tolkien published the hobbit, with his own
drawings. he wrote it as bedtime stories for his own children. the book
became immediately successful and the publisher asked tolkien if he had
more material. it took him seventeen years to publish the lord of the rings, in
1954. the lord of the rings was written for older children, the same audience
who had grown up since the hobbit was published. as it was quite a big story it had to be
published in three parts. it became a global bestseller at once.
answer the following questions.
1. where was j. r. r. tolkien born?
olkien was born.
2. what did tolkien study at oxford?
eo in south africa
3. where did tolkien become a professor and started teaching?
4. what was the name of the writing group that tolkien started?
