Wolf Solent [SEP] publisher
his manuscript before "Wolf Solent" was published by Simon and Schuster. Following the success of "Wolf Solent" three of Powys's works of popular philosophy were also best-sellers: "The Meaning of Culture" (1929), "In Defence of Sensuality" (1930), "A Philosophy of Solitude" (1933).
Prior to this Powys had published three apprentice novels: "Wood and Stone" (1915), "Rodmoor" (1916), "Ducdame" (1925),
. Two of John Cowper Powys's novels, "Wolf Solent" (1929) and "Owen Glendower" (1940) were published in two volume editions by Simon & Schuster in the USA.
The "Lord of the Rings" is a three-volume novel, rather than a trilogy, as Tolkien originally intended the work to be the first of a two-work set, the other to be "The Silmarillion", but this idea was dismissed by his publisher. For economic reasons "The Lord of