Origins of the Great Goblin

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

In Letters #144 written in 1938, Tolkien states:

Letter no. 144 is dated 25 April 1954 to Naomi Mitchison. It is thus later than the transition that occurred while Tolkien was writing The Lord of the Rings. I'd have to go back and check the four HoMe volumes on the history of The Lord of the Rings for the details, but I think this change was fairly late in the writing — after his (near?) break-down in '46 and, IIRC, after he had worked on The Notion Club Papers also.