Thanks for sharing!

Thanks!

Got the hardback today, I'm very impressed both with the book itself and the illustrations are great, as they include manuscript copies and Tolkien's corrections.

Where have people actually bought Chaucer?

Amazon seemed to be saying "dispatched within 1 to 2 months"! BookDepository has publication "December"; and SpeedyHen is out-of-stock. Only two listed on eBay...

Uh.

Pre-orders have been shipped, and I think demand far outstripped supply. Likely going to reprint...

Mine arrive Tuesday, I ordered from Amazon.

Just ordered from Blackwell's, since we were talking about them. I don't order any books from Amazon any more, except from secondary dealers.

I got mine yesterday, from Book Depository (but I'm in the U.S.).

Sorry to open up an old thread but just heard about this book. I don't really want to go down an avenue of reading Chaucer but as a general Tolkien reader who enjoyed Lays of Beleriand (especially The Lay of Beren and Luthien) and I am sure I'll enjoy Beowulf etc, would this be of interest to me and fit in with my other books/interests?
I suppose I'm asking, is it work of JRRT with commentary similar to CTs work or is it a scholar just talking about JRRTs work?
Cheers

Amon Rudh wrote:

Sorry to open up an old thread but just heard about this book. I don't really want to go down an avenue of reading Chaucer but as a general Tolkien reader who enjoyed Lays of Beleriand (especially The Lay of Beren and Luthien) and I am sure I'll enjoy Beowulf etc, would this be of interest to me and fit in with my other books/interests?
I suppose I'm asking, is it work of JRRT with commentary similar to CTs work or is it a scholar just talking about JRRTs work?
Cheers

I love TLC and read it again recently, but this is a dry subject sometimes.

One could probably do with a basic understanding of Chaucer to get the most out of it. But that said, one can put the Chaucer down to being a side-story and treat the work as a general biography of how Tolkien worked at that time in his academic life. TLC is a very decent work. So I am very excited for his new publication in April too.