J. R. R. Tolkien/Heartwarming


 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: The story goes that when they heard he had been ripped off, many of his American fans tossed their unauthorized editions of The Lord of the Rings and bought the Ballantine Books edition.
 * Tolkien is stated to have considered his wife Edith to have been "his Lúthien". In fact, the name "Lúthien" appears after her name on her gravestone; "Beren" appears after Tolkien's name on his gravestone.
 * Their entire relationship is one of the sweetest you'll ever read. They were childhood friends, until, aged 16, Tolkien's priest told him to stop seeing Edith until he was 21. He followed through with that, until his 21st birthday, where he wrote a letter to Edith telling her he loved her and asking her to marry him. Despite the fact she was engaged to another man, she immediately broke off the engagement and married Tolkien. Turns out she had also been in love with him, but thought he had forgotten about her.