Beren and Lúthien are getting their own book.

The mortal man and immortal elf are important figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth mythology – they appear in The Silmarillion and are referenced by Aragorn, whose star-crossed romance with the elf princess Arwen in The Lord of the Rings is a purposeful echo of Beren and Lúthien’s story. Now, HarperCollins has announced plans to release Beren and Lúthien in 2017, 100 years after Tolkien first wrote it.

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