The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 48, November 28, 2004, Article 13

NEED MORE ROOM FOR BOOKS? KNOCK OUT A WALL

  Local officials have given landmark preservation protection
  to the eight-bedroom house in Oxford, southern England, which
  was home to author J.R.R. Tolkien when he wrote his fantasy
  tales of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.  As a recent
  Reuters story noted, the author had the same problem faced
  by many bibliophiles: not enough room for his books.

  "The house -- at 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford -- was built by a
  local architect in 1924 for Basil Blackwell, then the owner
  of a now famous bookshop Blackwells.

  Tolkien lived there from 1930 to 1947 and is known to have
  written The Hobbit and most of The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  in the drawing room.

  The interior structure remains largely unaltered from the
  original plan, except for one wall which was removed by
  Tolkien himself between the former study and drawing room.

  Heritage experts say Tolkien wanted to increase the size of
  his study to accommodate the growing number of reference
  books he needed to write his epic works."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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