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==February== | |||
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives an invitational speech at the Lovelace Society, the essay club of Worcester College, [[Oxford]]. He reads them ''The Legend of Worming Hall'', a story that would become [[Farmer Giles of Ham]]. | |||
==August== | |||
* '''31''' - Tolkien submits the finished version of Farmer Giles of Ham to [[Allen and Unwin]], but it is rejected. | |||
==October== | |||
* '''27''' - [[Lascelles Abercrombie]] dies. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[The Hobbit]] is published in the United States and receives the New York Herald Tribune award as best children's book of the season. | * '''?''' - [[The Hobbit]] is published in the United States and receives the New York Herald Tribune award as best children's book of the season. | ||
* '''?''' - [[E.V. Gordon]] dies. | |||
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[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] |
Revision as of 17:54, 4 February 2008
February
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives an invitational speech at the Lovelace Society, the essay club of Worcester College, Oxford. He reads them The Legend of Worming Hall, a story that would become Farmer Giles of Ham.
August
- 31 - Tolkien submits the finished version of Farmer Giles of Ham to Allen and Unwin, but it is rejected.
October
- 27 - Lascelles Abercrombie dies.
?
- ? - The Hobbit is published in the United States and receives the New York Herald Tribune award as best children's book of the season.
- ? - E.V. Gordon dies.
Years 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |