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TCG Letter #1147
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Edith Bratt
Date
10 August 1913
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Writing to Edith after a day trip to Brittany, Tolkien remarks on its tourist look of "dirty papers" and "bathing machines".
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France
Brittany
References
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 51 (top of page at end of entry for 31 July-12 August 1913)
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
, p. 67
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