The Passage in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Tolkien Couldn’t Read Without Weeping

Peter Kreeft has a new book out, a statement nearly always true no matter the month of the year. Nearing his 90th birthday, he remains one of the most prolific Christian writers alive today, rivaling the prodigious output of G. K. Chesterton and others. His latest book focuses on what he calls the two greatest novels ever written: The Lord of the Rings and The Brothers Karamazov.As a longtime admirer of both works (I read Dostoevsky’s masterpiece again last year, for what I think was the sixth t