TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carpenter Humphrey 
TI  - J. R. R. tolkien: a biography
SN  - 0-261-10245-1 (pbk)
U1  - 823.912 
PY  - 1977///
CY  - London
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - JRR-- Tolkien--Biography
N1  - Part One A visit
Part Two 1892-1916: Early years
1 Bloemfontein
2 Birmingham
3 'Private lang.' - and Edith
4 'T.C., B.S., etc.'
5 Oxford
6 Reunion
7 War
8 The breaking of the fellowship
Part Three 1917-1925: The making of a mythology
1 Lost Tales
2 Oxford interlude
3 Northern venture
Part Four 1925-1949(i): 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit'
1 Oxford life
2 Photographs observed
3 'He had been inside language'
4 Jack
5 Northmoor Road
6 The storyteller
Part Five 1925-1949(ii): The Third Age
1 Enter Mr Baggins
2 "The new Hobbit'
Part Six 1949-1966: Success
1 Slamming the gates
2 A big risk
3 Cash or kudos
Part Seven 1959-1973: Last years
1 Headington
2 Bournemouth
3 Merton Street
Part Eight The Tree
Appendix
A Simplified genealogical table
B Chronology of events
C The published writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
D Sources and acknowledgements
Index

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