I Restored A 115 Year Old Photo Of Jrr Tolkien S Wife Edith Tolkien

I Restored A 115 Year Old Photo Of Jrr Tolkien S Wife Edith Tolkien Membersonline. til that jrr tolkien initially fell in love with his future wife at 16 years old. his guardian, a catholic priest ordered him to not have any contact until he was 21. he obeyed and met her under a railroad viaduct and she broke up her engagement, converted to catholicism and married tolkien. mentalfloss. Luthien was the most beautiful woman in arda, the daughter of an elf king and a demigod. beren was a mortal man that fell in love with her after seeing her dance beneath the trees. "beren and luthien" is etched on tolkien and edith's gravestone. they really had a romance for the ages.

I Restored A 115 Year Old Photo Of Jrr Tolkien S Wife Edith Tolkien During my senior year of high school i took a brit lit class, and for the big essay i chose to write about tolkien and his wife, and how the story of luthien choosing to become a mortal to be with beren was a metaphor for edith leaving the church of england to become a catholic to be with tolkien. edit: meant to say high school, not college. A 116 year old photo of jrr tolkien's wife, edith tolkien (restored). she was tolkien's inspiration for arwen in lord of the rings. at the age of 16, tolkien met edith mary bratt, who was three years. Edith bratt & jrr tolkien both grew up with tragedy. john ronald reuel tolkien (known as ronald) and his younger brother, hilary, spent their early years in south africa until their father died. Edith tolkien. edith mary tolkien (née bratt; 21 january 1889 – 29 november 1971) was an englishwoman known as the wife of the academic, philologist, poet, and novelist j. r. r. tolkien. she served as the inspiration for his fictional middle earth characters lúthien tinúviel and arwen undómiel.