Tolkien taught for nearly forty years (1920-1959).
3 years
It was not designed as a story to teach something. Tolkien disliked allegories and would not use them in his writing. The book was created to entertain and originated out of stories he told his children.
It's only 20 pages.
Slavery had been outlawed long before Tolkien was born. He was a child in South Africa for a few years. While there he was taken care of by a nanny.
I didn't know Tolkien was a timelord. o.O It was written in the 1930's -.- Fran Walsh wrote the movie
No, Tolkien did not invent orcs. They are popular creatures in European folklore, appearing in various mythologies long before Tolkien wrote about them in his novels. Tolkien drew inspiration from these existing myths when creating his own interpretation of orcs for his legendarium.
Yes. '... whetting his long white knife...'
Edith Mary Tolkien was J.R.R Tolkien's wife. J.R.R Tolkien had four children Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, John Francis Reuel Tolkien, Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien and Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien.
J. R. R. Tolkien . J.R.R. Tolkien
Arthur Tolkien's birth name is Arthur Reuel Tolkien.
Christopher Tolkien's birth name is Christopher Reuel Tolkien.
Yes, Priscilla Tolkien, the youngest child of J.R.R. Tolkien, has one son named Michael George Tolkien.