John Tolkien on "The Hobbit"
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A short 47 second video of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien speaking about the beginnings of "The Hobbit."
Translation:
"The actual beginning, though it was not really the beginning, but the actual flash point was - I remember very clearly I ?? I took umm I still see the corner in my house in 22 Northmoor Road ??. I got an enormous pile of exam papers there, and uhh markings.. examinations.. summertime?.. it was enormous... very laborious. And unfortunately it was boring. And I remember picking up a paper and actually throwing.. I nearly gave an extra mark for it, an extra five marks actually - there was one page on this particular paper left blank - glorious - nothing to read. So I scribbled on it - I can't think why: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit."
Translation:
"The actual beginning, though it was not really the beginning, but the actual flash point was - I remember very clearly I ?? I took umm I still see the corner in my house in 22 Northmoor Road ??. I got an enormous pile of exam papers there, and uhh markings.. examinations.. summertime?.. it was enormous... very laborious. And unfortunately it was boring. And I remember picking up a paper and actually throwing.. I nearly gave an extra mark for it, an extra five marks actually - there was one page on this particular paper left blank - glorious - nothing to read. So I scribbled on it - I can't think why: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit."
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The actual beginning, though it was not really the beginning, but the actual flash point was, I remember very clearly. I still see the corner of my house on the corner of 22 Northmoor Road. I had an enormous pile of exam papers there, and marking good examinations in the summertime was enormous, very laborious, and unfortunately it was boring. And I found, nearly gave an extra mark for it, an extra five marks if I remember clearly, because there was one page of this particular paper that was left blank -glorious- nothing to read. So I scribbled on it, can't think why: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit."
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