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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Tolkien stated that he had worked very hard for a month on the sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and had reached Chapter XI. He was thoroughly engrossed in it with all the threads in hand but had to put it aside for an indefinite period. His friend E. V. Gordon had died in the middle of Honours Exams and Tolkien had to finish setting the papers. Tolkien still hoped to submit the sequel early in 1939. | Tolkien stated that he had worked very hard for a month on the sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and had reached Chapter XI. He was thoroughly engrossed in it with all the threads in hand but had to put it aside for an indefinite period. His friend [[E.V. Gordon]] had died in the middle of Honours Exams and Tolkien had to finish setting the papers. Tolkien still hoped to submit the sequel early in [[1939]]. | ||
Tolkien clarified that when he had said that the sequel had gotten “out of hand” he meant that it was running its course and was becoming more terrifying than ''The Hobbit'', with the darkness of the present days (i.e. the Czechoslovak crisis and the apprehension of war in late September 1938) having had some effect on it. However, it was not an “allegory”. | Tolkien clarified that when he had said that the sequel had gotten “out of hand” he meant that it was running its course and was becoming more terrifying than ''The Hobbit'', with the darkness of the present days (i.e. the Czechoslovak crisis and the apprehension of war in late September 1938) having had some effect on it. However, it was not an “allegory”. | ||
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
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Recipient | Stanley Unwin | |
Date | 13 October 1938 | |
Subject(s) | The Lord of the Rings |
Letter 34 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Summary[edit | edit source]
Tolkien stated that he had worked very hard for a month on the sequel to The Hobbit and had reached Chapter XI. He was thoroughly engrossed in it with all the threads in hand but had to put it aside for an indefinite period. His friend E.V. Gordon had died in the middle of Honours Exams and Tolkien had to finish setting the papers. Tolkien still hoped to submit the sequel early in 1939.
Tolkien clarified that when he had said that the sequel had gotten “out of hand” he meant that it was running its course and was becoming more terrifying than The Hobbit, with the darkness of the present days (i.e. the Czechoslovak crisis and the apprehension of war in late September 1938) having had some effect on it. However, it was not an “allegory”.
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