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Judith Johnson
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It’s remarkable how many protagonists of classic children’s literature are orphans, and also how many authors of these were orphaned themselves (or lost their mothers or fathers) as children, including of course Tolkien and CS Lewis,
— Oct 18, 2024 08:06AM
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Judith Johnson
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I’ve shelved my reading of Tolkien’s letters, and will return to them once I’ve read Carpenter’s biography - it seems a shame, otherwise, to read the letters without a prior understanding of what Tolkien’s life was as he was writing.
— Oct 16, 2024 10:27AM
