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"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"

J.R.R. Tolkien in A Tolkien Miscellany

Originally Published Jan. 1, 1967

Paperback edition:

307 pages - Jan. 1, 2002