A short 47 second video of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien speaking about the beginnings of "The Hobbit."
Translation:
"The actual beginning, though it was not really the beginning, but the actual flash point was - I remember very clearly I ?? I took umm I still see the corner in my house in 22 Northmoor Road ??. I got an enormous pile of exam papers there, and uhh markings.. examinations.. summertime?.. it was enormous... very laborious. And unfortunately it was boring. And I remember picking up a paper and actually throwing.. I nearly gave an extra mark for it, an extra five marks actually - there was one page on this particular paper left blank - glorious - nothing to read. So I scribbled on it - I can't think why: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit."
Tags: j.r.r. tolkien hobbit lord of the rings
