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Carpenter, Humphrey, author.

J.R.R. Tolkien : a biography / Humphrey Carpenter.

1st Houghton Mifflin pbk. ed.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ©1987.

288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 21 cm

A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work.

Reprint. Originally published: J.R.R. Tolkien. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1977.

Includes index.

"Sources and acknowledgements": pages 276-279.

"The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien": pages 266-275.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.

Anglicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Fantasy literature -- Authorship.

Middle Earth (Imaginary place)

Biographies.

Fantasy fiction.

Tolkien : a biography

Part 1. A visit -- Part 2. 1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship -- Part 3. 1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture -- Part 4. 1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller -- Part 5. 1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit" -- Part 6. 1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos -- Part 7. 1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street -- Part 8. The tree -- Appendix A. Simplified genealogical table -- Appendix B. Chronology of events -- Appendix C. The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Appendix D. Sources and acknowledgements.

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