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'''Nancy Smith''' | '''Nancy Smith''' compiled [[The Lord of the Rings Index|the index]] to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. She was married to a former roommate of [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher Tolkien's]]. | ||
[[ | [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] already had been working on [[Unfinished index|a detailed index with linguistic information]] but expressed a desire of having a complete alphabetical "handlist" that would help him in several matters; [[Rayner Unwin]] replied that if such a list could be compiled without much thinking, but as a "donkey work", they could arrange it. Smith was working as an indexer in [[Allen & Unwin]], and was pregnant when she started the compilation in late [[January]] [[1958]], and completed it in [[May]] (in a rush, because of her condition). Smith was instructed to ignore the [[Appendices]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxxxii</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
*Letters from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Smith: | |||
**[[Letter to Nancy Smith (27 May 1958)]] | |||
**[[Letter to Nancy Smith (Christmas 1963)]] | |||
**[[Letter to Nancy Smith (30 May 1966)]] | |||
*[[Unfinished index]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:01, 12 December 2020
Nancy Smith compiled the index to The Lord of the Rings. She was married to a former roommate of Christopher Tolkien's.
J.R.R. Tolkien already had been working on a detailed index with linguistic information but expressed a desire of having a complete alphabetical "handlist" that would help him in several matters; Rayner Unwin replied that if such a list could be compiled without much thinking, but as a "donkey work", they could arrange it. Smith was working as an indexer in Allen & Unwin, and was pregnant when she started the compilation in late January 1958, and completed it in May (in a rush, because of her condition). Smith was instructed to ignore the Appendices.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Letters from J.R.R. Tolkien to Smith:
- Unfinished index
References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxxii
