J. R. R. Tolkien – A Biography

Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Part One
	A VISIT
PART TWO: 1892–1916: Early years
	CHAPTER I: BLOEMFONTEIN
	CHAPTER II: BIRMINGHAM
	CHAPTER III: ‘PRIVATE LANG.’ – AND EDITH
	CHAPTER IV: ‘T.C, B.S., ETC.’
	CHAPTER V: OXFORD
	CHAPTER VI: REUNION
	CHAPTER VII: WAR
	CHAPTER VIII: THE BREAKING OF THE FELLOWSHIP
PART THREE: 1917–1925: The making of a mythology
	CHAPTER I: LOST TALES
	CHAPTER II: OXFORD INTERLUDE
	CHAPTER III: NORTHERN VENTURE
PART FOUR: 1925–1949(i):‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit’
	CHAPTER I: OXFORD LIFE
	CHAPTER II: PHOTOGRAPHS OBSERVED
	CHAPTER III: ‘HE HAD BEEN INSIDE LANGUAGE’
	CHAPTER IV: JACK
		Additional Images
	CHAPTER V: NORTHMOOR ROAD
	CHAPTER VI: THE STORYTELLER
PART FIVE : 1925–1949(ii): The Third Age
	CHAPTER I : : ENTER MR BAGGINS
	CHAPTER II: : ‘THE NEW HOBBIT’
PART SIX : 1949–1966: Success
	CHAPTER I : SLAMMING THE GATES
	CHAPTER II : A BIG RISK
	CHAPTER III: CASH OR KUDOS
PART SEVEN: 1959–1973: Last years
	CHAPTER I: HEADINGTON
	CHAPTER II: BOURNEMOUTH
	CHAPTER III: MERTON STREET
POSTSCRIPT: THE TREE
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Index
About the Author
Author’s Note
Also By Humphrey Carpenter
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