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《指环王》英文版 This?tale?grew?in?the?telling,?until?it?became?a?history?of?the?Great?War?of?the?Ring?and?included?many?glimpses?of?the?yet?more?ancient?history?that?preceded?it.?It?was?begun?soon?after?The?Hobbit?was?written?and?before?its?publication?in?1937;?but?I?did?not?go?on?with?this?sequel,?for?I?wished?first?to?complete?and?set?in?order?the?mythology?and?legends?of?the?Elder?Days,?which?had?then?been?taking?shape?for?some?years.?I?desired?to?do?this?for?my?own?satisfaction,?and?I?had?little?hope?that?other?people?would?be?interested?in?this?work,?especially?since?it?was?primarily?linguist