Posted by Alan Hakim on October 07, 2009 at 11:58:01 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: Writing in the first person posted by Duncan on October 06, 2009 at 20:37:47:
Surely one good reason for the 'I' in The Hobbit and 'Best Beloved' in Just So Stories is because they started as bedtime stories told to the author's children. It would be entirely natural then.