The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

384 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction poetry adventurous slow-paced

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Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs and The New Lay of Gudrún.In...

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Moods

adventurous 73%
challenging 46%
informative 40%
dark 33%
sad 20%
emotional 13%
inspiring 6%
reflective 6%

Pace

slow 47%
medium 35%
fast 17%

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3.77

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