According to J.R.R. Tolkien, "In a hole in the ground there lived" one of these
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JRR Tolkien Biography - The Tolkien Society  During these last few months, all but one of his close friends of the T. C. B. S. .... However, according to his own account, one day when he was engaged in the ... what anarchic daemon, he wrote In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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'The Hobbit' - The New York Times  Nov 19, 2001 ... By J. R. R. TOLKIEN NOV. ... In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ... The best rooms were all on the left-hand side (going in), for these were the ... By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world,...
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Re-Reading J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" - Chapter One: An ...  Jan 31, 2012 ... In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. ... "These are Hobbits, and this is what they like, and this is what they look like, and this is ... The Hobbit while grading papers one afternoon; according to the biography of Tolkien...
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Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit ...  In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with...
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J. R. R. Tolkien  The Hobbit (Chap. 1: An Unexpected Party) | Genius  In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ... J. R. R. Tolkien ... The best rooms were all on the left-hand side (going in), for these were the only ones to have...
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J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and ... Tolkien's paternal ancestors were middle-class craftsmen who made and sold .... Interest in the language soon died away, but Mary and others, including Tolkien himself, invented a new and more...
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J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, .... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in...
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J.R.R. Tolkien - Tolkien Gateway  Born, 3 January, 1892 ... Parts of his legendarium are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. ... 2 Appearance; 3 Writing; 4 Languages; 5 Works inspired by Tolkien ... living in England since the 18th century, becoming "quickly and intensely English ... His father, however, died in South Africa of a severe brain haemorrhage...
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The Hobbit - Wikipedia  The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being ... As Tolkien's work progressed on the successor The Lord of the Rings, he made .... Several of his poems had been published in magazines and small...
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JEOPARDY! Game - January 26, 2004  THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Tolkien helped the editors define "hobbit"; Murray Gell-Mann, the term "quark"; & this man, "dymaxion"...
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10 Things You Might Not Know About J.R.R. Tolkien | Mental Floss  Oct 10, 2010 ... There are plenty of things even the most ardent fans don't know about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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Frodo Baggins - Wikipedia  Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of The Lord of the Rings. Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo ... He left the Shire with three companions: his gardener Samwise Gamgee and his cousins Meriadoc Brandybuck and...
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Biography  The Tolkien Society  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, ... version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. ... Please note also that his name is spelt Tolkien (there is no Tolkein). ... The West Midlands in Tolkien's childhood were a complex mixture of the grimly...
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J.R.R. Tolkien - Author, Linguist - Biography.com  Sep 1, 2016 ... J.R.R. Tolkien's rich fantasy world of elves and hobbits has enchanted ... South Africa, J.R.R. Tolkien settled in England as a child, going on to study at Exeter College. ... in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic languages and classic literature. ... in 1920 and a few years later became a professor at Oxford University.
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The Silmarillion - Wikipedia  For several years after his father's death, Christopher Tolkien ... consistency (and consistency with The Lord of the Rings) as possible, ... the first-ever released Elvish word list, was published in 1977.
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One Ring - Wikipedia  The One Ring is an artefact that appears as the central plot element in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (195455). It is described in an earlier story, The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien | Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel - Available ...  The Author ... Tolkien served as a second lieutenant in World War I, a signals officer at the ... lexicographical project that would eventually become the Oxford English ... the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945-1959. ... Hobbit (published as The Lord of the Rings epic in 1954-55) to the Inklings,...
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Bilbo Baggins - Wikipedia  Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, ... In his journey, Bilbo encountered other fantastic creatures, including trolls, ... Gandalf's investigations revealed it to be the One Ring forged by the Dark ... On the night of his and Frodo's birthday, Bilbo threw himself a party and...
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J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an .... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the ... to head the Bloemfontein office of the British bank for which he worked. ... In Edgbaston, Tolkien lived there in the shadow of Perrott's Folly and the...
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The Hobbit - Chapter 1 review - Book Club - Nightly.Net  Jul 3, 2003 ... The Hobbit - Chapter 1 review - posted in Book Club: Chapter 1 - An ... Tolkien begins with the famous line, In a hole in the ground there lived a ... Phrases as obvious as, "This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure.
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J.R.R. Tolkien Biography - CliffsNotes  Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, Tolkien lost his father at ... Members included many authors, most famously C.S. Lewis, who wrote The ... and songs that told the history and legends of the elves, eventually known as ... the delightful story of Bilbo Baggins, a stay-at-home little hobbit who goes off on an...