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# Posted: 8 May 2003 14:05
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From BBC News:
Tolkien's Rings reading unearthed
JRR Tolkien reads in one of his elfish languages The British Library has unearthed readings by literary giants including JRR Tolkien, Virginia Woolf and Robert Browning for release on a CD.
Tolkien can be heard reading from The Fellowship of the Ring, including a sample of one of the elf languages, or "Elvish", he created.
Poet Browning's contribution is one of the world's earliest sound recordings, dating back to 1889, and is among other rare readings including those from Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Many of the recordings originate from wax cylinders, while others come from private and family recordings, rare radio broadcasts, acetates and 78rpm discs.
Richard Fairman of the British Library said: "We have selected the best of some of the most rare recordings in our collections that we hope will throw light on some aspect of a writer's life or work."
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