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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Open Book"

Roundup

August 15, 2005

50th anniversary of Tolkien's Rings trilogy (8min)

Novelist Doris Lessing and Professor John Carey mark the fiftieth anniversary of the complete publication of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Carey is Merton Professor of English at Oxford University, the chair once held by Tolkien. (Clips starts at 20:00; online thru August 20th)

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Open Book"