Tuesday, June 3, 2008

'Origin of Gandalf'

Der Berggeist - J. Madlener

On summer holiday 1911, J. R. R. Tolkien picked up a postcard of the above in Switzerland. According to his official biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, Tolkien carefully preserved the postcard, and on the paper cover wrote, 'Origin of Gandalf.' [59]

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