TCG Letter #2898

Writing to a Miss J. Burn, Tolkien remarks that he could not explain how The Lord of the Rings "grew" unless he did so as an "autobiography" and notes that Frodo's quest was "inevitable". He says that evil is so powerful that "a finite and incarnate will" could not resist.

He hopes that his longest tale, The Silmarillion can soon be put "into order", but agrees, apparently with Miss Burn that it will not very soon.