sentences:  When Tolkien did publish "The Hobbit" in 1937 (which was itself not originally intended for publication but as a story told privately to his children), the narrative of the published text was loosely "influenced" by the context of the legendarium, but not designed to be part of it.In 1937, encouraged by the success of "The Hobbit", Tolkien submitted to his publisher George Allen & Unwin an incomplete but more fully developed version of "The Silmarillion" called "Quenta Silmarillion", but they rejected the work as being obscure and "too Celtic".The publisher instead asked Tolkien to write a sequel to "The Hobbit".