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Tales from Middle-Earth
For some years now, I have often listened to the Rob Inglis audiobook narrations of the Lord of the Rings. Concerning Hobbits, and the entire prologue to the Lord of the Rings, makes for particularly excellent bedtime listening. Out of this habit came a wish for more Middle-Earth short stories and these are the compilations of chapters that best fit that purpose, that is, a half an hour to an hour of good, calm storytelling.
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Concerning Hobbits (FOTR Prologue)
- Concerning Hobbits
- Concerning Pipe-weed
- Of the Finding of the Ring
- Note on the Shire Records
- A Long-expected Party (FOTR Bk 1 Ch 1)
- The Shadow of the Past (FOTR Bk 1 Ch 2)
- Hobbit Hike (FOTR Bk 1 Ch 3-5)
- Three is Company (Ch 3)
- A Short Cut to Mushrooms (Ch 4)
- A Conspiracy Unmasked (Ch 5)
- Old Forest (FOTR Bk 1 Ch 6-8)
- The Old Forest (Ch 6)
- In the House of Tom Bombadil (Ch 7)
- Fog on the Barrow-downs (Ch 8)
- The Council of Elrond (FOTR Bk 2 Ch 2)
- Lothlórien (FOTR Bk 2 Ch 6-8)
- Lothlórien (Ch 6)
- The Mirror of Galadriel (Ch 7)
- Farewell to Lórien (Ch 8)
The Two Towers
- Treebeard and the Ents (TTT Bk 3 Ch 4 and 9)
- Treebeard (Ch 4)
- Flotsam and Jetsam (Ch 9)
The Return of the King
- The Houses of Healing (ROTK Bk 5 Ch 8)
- The Steward and the King (ROTK Bk 6 Ch 5)
- Homeward (ROTK Bk 6 Ch 6-7)
- Many Partings (Ch 6)
- Homeward Bound (Ch 7)
- The Grey Havens (ROTK Bk 6 Ch 9)
- Appendices (Return of the King)
- Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers
- The Númenórean Kings
- The House of Eorl
- Durin’s Folk
- Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers
The Hobbit
- An Unexpected Party (The Hobbit Ch 1)
- A Short Rest (The Hobbit Ch 3)
- Queer Lodgings (The Hobbit Ch 7)
- Inside Information (The Hobbit Ch 12)
- The Return Journey (The Hobbit Ch 18-19)
- The Return Journey (Ch 18)
- The Last Stage (Ch 19)
The Silmarillion
- Ainulindalë: The Music of the Ainur (Part 1)
- Valaquenta: Account of the Valar and Maiar according to the lore of the Eldar (Part 2)
- Quenta Silmarillion: The History of the Silmarils (Part 3)
- Each chapter makes for a nice short story
- Of the Beginning of Days
- Of Aulë and Yavanna
- Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
- Of Thingol and Melian
- Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
- Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
- Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
- Of the Darkening of Valinor
- Of the Flight of the Noldor
- Of the Sindar
- Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
- Of Men
- Of the Return of the Noldor
- Of Beleriand and its Realms
- Of the Noldor in Beleriand
- Of Maeglin
- Of the Coming of Men into the West
- Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
- Of Beren and Lúthien
- Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad
- Of Túrin Turambar
- Of the Ruin of Doriath
- Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin
- Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath
- Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor (Part 4)
- Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age (Part 5)
Resources
How to Listen
- You can find some or all of these selections by searching YouTube, Audible, Archive.org, or wherever else you purchase audiobooks.
- The Rob Inglis recordings you can find on Archive.org are excellent, and easily downloadable, but may require some organization to identify the chapters.
- Additional organization may be required to adequately massage them for adding to your phone via apps like iTunes, in order to get the chapter sorting working.