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Interestingly, in Tolkien's letter to his publisher (142, in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tollkien", selected and edited by Humphrey Carpenter), "I did not mean the s
by mike-the-mikado 4y ago
Interestingly, in Tolkien's letter to his publisher (142, in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tollkien", selected and edited by Humphrey Carpenter), "I did not mean the suggested revision [which he had sent them earlier] to be printed off; but it seems of have come out pretty well in the wash".
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, originally he had written the LoTR expecting not being able to “fix” the previous. He even mentions it in the text (said by bilbo at the council of Elrond)