Shadowlands movie: Tolkien slighted?

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by davem

Well, given Edith's feelings about Catholicism, perhaps not all that 'ironic'.....

I only meant that she didn't usually have much contact with other academic wives... if I remember rightly. I can't help thinking that the conversion was the tragedy of the marriage - in these times it would have been acceptable to the Catholic Church (if not to JRRT ) for Edith merely to agree to the children being raised RC. Edith would surely have flourished as a mainstay of an Anglican church where her skills as a musician would have been truly appreciated - and would have given her a congenial social sphere of her own. Tolkien's attitude on this matter is one thing I actively dislike him for. The harshness suffered by his mother doesn't justify insensitivity to his wife...