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In 1937, JRR Tolkien began The Hobbit after writing a sentence about a hobbit on a blank exam paper: How one random line became a fantasy classic
The Times of India 24 Sep 2026
Tolkien launched ‘The Hobbit’, but it all started with a single odd sentence scribbled on a blank exam paper ... Tolkien, an Oxford professor, stuck marking yet another stack of student papers ... nightly entertainment for Tolkien’s family.
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JRR Tolkien fan letters sell at auction for £103k
BBC News 10 Jul 2026
The letters, books and notes document the friendship between the writer and a profoundly deaf fan. .
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