The two soon formed a close relationship. Humphrey Carpenter, JRR Tolkien - A BiographyĮdith was 19 years old, Ronald was three years younger. She was remarkably pretty, small and slim, with grey eyes, firm clear features and short dark hair. Tolkien and his wife Edith Tolkien is etched with the names Beren and Lúthientwo characters from a fantastical. Ronald and Hilary Tolkien were living at Mrs Faulkner's at 37 Duchess Road in Birmingham. JHoughton Mifflin Harcourt The Oxford gravestone shared by J.R.R. But it was in this house that she met Ronald Tolkien in 1908. So he found her a room at Mrs Faulkner's where she, in fact, could hardly practise piano. Having left the school she could have become a professional pianist, however, her guardian was not sure about what to do with her future. After her mother's death she was sent to a girls' boarding school that specialized in music. She was a talented musician and could play the piano very well. Even if Edith knew her father's name she never passed it on to her own children.Įdith was brought up in Handsworth by her mother and the mother's cousin Jenny Grove. Edith's mother never married and the father's name was not mentioned on the birth certificate, though France's family knew who he was. Frances Bratt's family owned a boot and shoe manufacturing business. Her mother Frances Bratt, then aged thirty, probably went to Gloucester from her home in Wolverhampton in order to avoid scandal, because the baby was illegitimate. Tolkien and the inspiration for Lúthien.Įdith Mary Bratt was born in Gloucester. Edith Bratt (January 21, 1889-November 29, 1971) was the wife of J.
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