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Tolkien

Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter, Pierre Alien

1978AnglicistsAuthorshipBiographyEnglish AuthorsFantasy literature
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AnglicistsAuthorshipBiographyEnglish AuthorsFantasy literatureMiddle Earth (Imaginary place)
First published 1978

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Setting

Great Britain20th century

About the author

Humphrey Carpenter

1946 – 2005

Authors

Humphrey Carpenter, Pierre Alien

First published

1978

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

27

Languages

English, Spanish, French

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

ISBN

9782267016413

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