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83 - J.R.R Tolkien

Do Go On

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The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

In 1925, he returned to Oxford as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon with a fellowship at Pembroke College. He wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings during that time. So we've placed a star. It's a very specific niche. She's got there. Right. I like it. That's his first civilian job. Was like, I'm working at the Oxford English Dictionary on the Germanic job. My first civilian job was Toys R Us as a just stock to shelves. Working in a toy shop. Is it the drain that everyone knows? It sucked so bad. They're not really that long.

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