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The Lord of the Rings A Reader's Companion

Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull

A chapter by chapter annotated deep dive into the evolution, structure and meaning of The Lord of the Rings.

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Carpenter #144: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Naomi Mitchison • 25 April 1954 (#372), pp. 8-9, 16-17, 56, 89, 101 (noted as 14 April), 132-33, 249, 295, 375, 387, 492, 677, 683 (noted as 14 April)

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. and Mrs. Kloos • 18 April - 6 May 1963 (#523), p. 54, p. 182, p. 564

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Terence Tiller • 10 September 1955 (#2149), p. 58

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joan O. Falconer • 24 January 1965 (#575), p. 111-112

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Carpenter #297: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr Rang • August 1967 (#670), p. 111, p. 470

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to ?Unknown • ?Late 1968* (#2247), p. 128, p. 134, p. 382

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Fettes • 1961 (#464), pp. 133-4

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Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476), p. 312

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to L.M. Cutts • 26 October 1958 (#341), pp. 381-382

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Miss Judson • 27 July 1955 (#1060), p. 473

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Carpenter #246: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Eileen Elgar • 22 September 1963 (#507), p. 529

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Carpenter #246: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Eileen Elgar • 22 September 1963 (#507), pp 529, 648, 701, 702

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Carpenter #211: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rhona Beare • 14 October 1958 (#400), p. 543

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rosemary • 18 January 1948 (#149), Note 613 pp 446-447

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joy Hill • 11 October 1963 (#1862), Note 613 p. 447

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Otto B. Lindhardt • 2 January 1967 (#795), pp. 750-1

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 27 May 1958 (#1683), 2014 edition, p. 680

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