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October 17, 2018
Sehnsucht
This interview with J.R.R. Tolkien was originally published in The Telegraph magazine on March 22. 1968.
He was born at Bloemfontein in South Africa. “I was three when I was brought to England,” he said. “After the dry, barren places I had known, I had in a way been ‘trained’ to savour the delicate English flowers and the grass. I had this strange sense of coming home when I arrived. The hobbit business began partly as a Sehnsucht for that happy childhood which ended when I was orphaned, at 12.”
The scene of his déjà vu – Sarehole, on the outskirts of Birmingham – became the model for the Shire.
The scene of his déjà vu – Sarehole, on the outskirts of Birmingham – became the model for the Shire.
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