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Thursday, 21 August 2014

JRR Tolkien - an "unfortunate" man? (in 1936)

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http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/tolkien-most-unfortunate-man-according.html
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Posted by Bruce Charlton at Thursday, August 21, 2014
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