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John's avatar

The take-away here is that Tolkien tried one of his many revisions and was wise enough to know that it wasn't working out, so he abandoned it, just as he did with "The New Shadow". Tolkien, because of his own acumen and talent, remained great.

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Nicole's avatar

Fascinating. I had no idea Tolkien tried to do this. Thank goodness the original prevailed!

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