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Lord of the Rings fans are trying to buy JRR Tolkien s home to turn into a literary centre Feb 07, 2021, 03:49 PM
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A group of JRR Tolkien fans are trying to fundraise to buy The Lord of The Rings author s home.
The property is located in Oxford, England, about 57 miles from London.
The group, Project Northmoor, hopes to run creative workshops for aspiring writers from the space. The Lord of the Rings fans have long followed the adventures of Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Gandalf across the wildly popular book and movie series - and they can t get enough of the beloved epic-fantasy saga. There s even a long-awaited Amazon TV series adaptation in the works.
20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, where J.R.R. Tolkien lived with his family from 1930 to 1947. (Wikimedia Commons/Jpbowen)
Fantasy novel enthusiasts wish to turn the house of famed Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford, where he wrote The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, into a meeting place for writers, screenwriters and filmmakers from all cultures and faith backgrounds.
In 1930, Tolkien moved into the house at 20 Northmoor Road where his children would grow up during the Second World War. Project Northmoor is a charity created with the purpose of buying the house, currently for sale for roughly $6 million. The project has already raised about $1 million.
The Lord of the Rings and
The Hobbit, into a meeting place for writers, screenwriters, and filmmakers from all cultures and faith backgrounds.
In 1930, Tolkien moved into the house at 20 Northmoor Road where his children would grow up during the Second World War. Project Northmoor is a charity created with the purpose of buying the house, currently for sale for roughly $6 million. The project has already raised about $1 million.
While many influential English writers, such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy, have a center or museum dedicated to them, there is no equivalent that pays tribute to Tolkien’s legacy.
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