The World of Tolkien: Seven-Book Boxed Set

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Sir Peter Blake's new Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover". BBC. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. According to Ryszard Derdziński, the surname Tolkien is of Low Prussian origin and probably means "son/descendant of Tolk". [5] [4] Tolkien mistakenly believed his surname derived from the German word tollkühn, meaning "foolhardy", [7] and jokingly inserted himself as a "cameo" into The Notion Club Papers under the literally translated name Rashbold. [8] However, Derdziński has demonstrated this to be a false etymology. While J. R. R. Tolkien was aware of his family's German origin, his knowledge of the family's history was limited because he was "early isolated from the family of his prematurely deceased father". [5] [4] Childhood 1892 Christmas card with a coloured photo of the Tolkien family in Bloemfontein, sent to relatives in Birmingham, England Ciabattari, Jane (20 November 2014). "Hobbits and hippies: Tolkien and the counterculture". BBC. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019 . Retrieved 3 March 2021. Bhatia, Shyam (8 January 2003). "The Lord of the Rings rooted in racism". Rediff India Abroad. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010 . Retrieved 4 December 2010.

Caldecott, Stratford (January–February 2002). "The Lord & Lady of the Rings". Touchstone Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Evans, Jonathan (2013) [2007]. "Dwarves". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp.134–135. ISBN 978-0-415-86511-1. In October of the same year, Tolkien began studying at Exeter College, Oxford. He initially read classics but changed his course in 1913 to English language and literature, graduating in 1915 with first-class honours. [32] Among his tutors at Oxford was Joseph Wright, whose Primer of the Gothic Language had inspired Tolkien as a schoolboy. [33] Courtship and marriage

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Tolkien's Middle-earth is peopled not only by Men, but by Elves, Dwarves, Ents, and Hobbits, and by monsters including Dragons, Trolls, and Orcs. Through the imagined history, the peoples other than Men dwindle, leave or fade, until, after the period described in the books, only Men are left on the planet. Before his death, Tolkien negotiated the sale of the manuscripts, drafts, proofs and other materials related to his then-published works—including The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Farmer Giles of Ham—to the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University's John P. Raynor, S.J., Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [152] After his death his estate donated the papers containing Tolkien's Silmarillion mythology and his academic work to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. [153] The Bodleian Library held an exhibition of his work in 2018, including more than 60 items which had never been seen in public before. [154] Carpenter, Humphrey (1978). The Inklings. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-00-774869-3. Lewis was brought up in the Church of Ireland. On the evening of his 21st birthday, Tolkien wrote to Edith, who was living with family friend C. H. Jessop at Cheltenham. He declared that he had never ceased to love her, and asked her to marry him. Edith replied that she had already accepted the proposal of George Field, the brother of one of her closest school friends. But Edith said she had agreed to marry Field only because she felt "on the shelf" and had begun to doubt that Tolkien still cared for her. She explained that, because of Tolkien's letter, everything had changed. [37]

Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981). The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-31555-2. The Hobbit Worldwide Release Dates". TheHobbit.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012.

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Scull, Christina (2006). The J.R.R. Tolkien companion & guide. Wayne G. Hammond. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollins Publishers. p.249. ISBN 0-261-10381-4. OCLC 82367707. Ash nazg gimbatul". Der Spiegel (in German). No.35/1969. 25 August 1969. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Professor Tolkien, der seinen Namen vom deutschen Wort 'tollkühn' ableitet,... . Bournemouth's Blue Plaques" (PDF). Tolkien, John Ronald Reul of Merton College Oxford". probatesearchservice.gov. UK Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020.