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Tables of Contents for J. R. R. Tolkien
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Part One A visit
11
4
Part Two 1892--1916: Early years
15
80
Bloemfontein
17
8
Birmingham
25
14
`Private-lang.' -- and Edith
39
13
`T.C., B.S., etc.'
52
8
Oxford
60
9
Reunion
69
11
War
80
8
The breaking of the fellowship
88
7
Part Three 1917--1925: The making of a mythology
95
22
Lost Tales
97
10
Oxford interlude
107
3
Northern venture
110
7
Part Four 1925--1949(i): `In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit'
117
60
Oxford life
119
8
Photographs observed
127
9
`He had been inside language'
136
11
Jack
147
9
Northmoor Road
156
8
The storyteller
164
13
Part Five 1925--1949(ii): The Third Age
177
32
Enter Mr Baggins
179
8
`The new Hobbit'
187
22
Part Six 1949--1966: Success
209
26
Slamming the gates
211
6
A big risk
217
5
Cash or kudos
222
13
Part Seven 1959--1973: Last years
235
24
Headington
237
11
Bournemouth
248
6
Merton Street
254
5
Part Eight The Tree
259
21
Appendix
A Simplified genealogical table
262
1
B Chronology of events
263
3
C The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
266
10
D Sources and acknowledgements
276
4
Index
280