If you don't have the time to read The Simarillion I'd recommend buyingThe unfinished tales by christopher tolkien and you can go straight to The Tale of Beren and Luthien.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
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time i haveit's motivation i lack
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
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