Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Tolkien was an infamous re-writer, but he didn't just stick to his own work. Tolkien rewrote and retold old English and medieval stories a few times, and by looking into what he changed and how he told these stories, we can learn a lot more about the person that he was.

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