Lewis, a fellow member of the Inklings and close friend. One of the candidates mercifully left one of the pages with no writing on it-which is possibly the best thing that can happen to an examiner-and I wrote on it 'In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit. Tolkien began writing The Hobbit in , a children's book about a young hobbit a diminutive relative of man who joins a quest for a dragon's treasure. The final version, with illustrations by Tolkien himself, was published in after it won the approval of a publisher's year-old son.
It became very popular, and the publisher asked for a sequel. Seventeen years later, in , this sequel was published as The Lord of the Rings , which incorporated elements of both The Hobbit and the unfinished Silmarillion. It was not written as a trilogy, but was divided into three books to protect the publisher from heavy losses if it did not sell well.
Of course, the publisher needn't have worried: it became an enormous success. Upon its publication in paperback America in , it attained cult status on college campuses.
By the turn of the 21st century, The Lord of the Rings had sold more than 50 million copies in 30 languages. Tolkien authored the following shorter works:. Wayne G. Hammond, "Tolkien, J. Religion Facts Just the facts on world religions. Christian Theology: An Introduction. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Christianity for Dummies. Tolkien J. More from pw. The Best Books of PW Picks: Books of the Week. New Pub Dates for Forthcoming Books: Children's Announcements.
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