NEED MORE ROOM FOR BOOKS? KNOCK OUT A WALL 上市 Deposited
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."To read the full article, see: Full Article
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