I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. ‘I am in fact a hobbit,’ he once wrote, ‘in all but size.
"Tolkien himself was well aware of the similarity between creator and creation. He shows us both the man, the scholar and the author in a pleasing balance.Īnd of course, unavoidably, we are presented with the long, but fascinating journey of how the The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion: The Epic History of the Elves in The Lord of the Rings were created with all the historic, linguistic and literary details. Also Carpenter never acted like he was unveiling some huge mystery about a most beloved author, he simply delivers all details about his life without trying to make Tolkien out of proportions or belittle him.
Tolkien: A Biography was written in very much the same vein: it was entertaining without being didactic. It was an informative, but easy and very entertaining read as far as biographies go. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends by Humphrey Carpenter and I really enjoyed it. It was one of his strongest-held opinions that the investigation of an author’s life reveals very little of the workings of his mind."Ī few years ago I read The Inklings: C.S. ".Certainly Tolkien himself would have agreed with this. ".And if after this we may not have any better idea why he wrote his books, then at least we should know a little more about the man who did write them." From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century's most cherished author. Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien's papers, and interviewed his friends and family. One day while grading essay papers he found himself writing 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' - and worldwide renown awaited him. Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. Lewis and the other writers known as The Inklings. After the war he returned to the academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford where he was a close friend of C.S. He served in the first World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost many of the closest friends he'd ever had. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth.
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