TCG Letter #2129

In his preface to Beren and Luthien, Christopher Tolkien gave Rayner Unwin an update on the work he had been involved with. He told him about his current book, remarking that it was "1,968 pages long and sixteen inches across" and was clearly not for publication. The book was, as Christopher Tolkien explained, for his own satisfaction "for getting things right". He had wanted to "know how the whole conception did in reality evolve from the earliest origins". He notes that he could produce a lot of books, with endless possibilities.