One does not simply ask like a rude boor
Mar. 13th, 2012 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So apparently in 1938 a German publishing house wanted to publish The Hobbit. In the course of negotiations, they asked Tolkien about his "ancestry". The good professor was a bit non-plussed and sent two possible reply letters to his publisher. One of which quietly ignored the issue and the other of which makes for delightful reading.
Don't tick off an English professor...
Tom
So apparently in 1938 a German publishing house wanted to publish The Hobbit. In the course of negotiations, they asked Tolkien about his "ancestry". The good professor was a bit non-plussed and sent two possible reply letters to his publisher. One of which quietly ignored the issue and the other of which makes for delightful reading.
Don't tick off an English professor...
Tom
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Date: 2012-03-13 11:12 pm (UTC)