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Originally Posted by Findegil
In contarst the translator conceid of LotR was a late addition, after at least the arc of the main story was completed. And the story it frames is a fairy tale grown out of th hand of its outer and of its originally aimd readers into a legend.
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Do you happen to know when the translator/Found Document frame of the Book of Lost Tales emerged? The title suggests it was fairly early, but the only explicit linking of Eriol's hearing the tales to a physical book is the "Golden Book of Tavrobel" fragment or note, which I have a vague impression is late.
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While trying to find a relevant 19th century story I can't remember the title of (no luck yet). I stumbled across the Wikipedia article on
time travel in LotR, which is longer than the "Time travel in fiction" article. o.O
hS