Fictional manuscript written by hobbits, a conceit of author J. R. R. Tolkien
The Red Book of Westmarch is a fictional manuscript written by hobbits, related to the author J.
R.
R.
Tolkien's frame stories.
It is an instance of the found manuscript conceit, a literary device to explain the source of his legendarium.
In the fiction, it is a collection of writings in which the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were recounted by their characters, and from which Tolkien supposedly derived these and other works.
The name of the book comes from its red leather binding and casing, and from its having been housed in the Westmarch, a region of Middle-earth next to the Shire.
Fictional manuscript written by hobbits, a conceit of author J. R. R. Tolkien
The Red Book of Westmarch is a fictional manuscript written by hobbits, related to the author J.
R.
R.
Tolkien's frame stories.
It is an instance of the found manuscript conceit, a literary device to explain the source of his legendarium.
In the fiction, it is a collection of writings in which the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were recounted by their characters, and from which Tolkien supposedly derived these and other works.
The name of the book comes from its red leather binding and casing, and from its having been housed in the Westmarch, a region of Middle-earth next to the Shire.