TolkienGuide.com
Powered by Collectors Since 2006
Sign In
TolkienGuide.com
Important links:

Guide to Tolkien's Letters
(Nominated for 2026 Tolkien Society Award)
-
Guide to Tolkien Calendars
-
Winner of the 2019 Tolkien Society award for Best Website

Letters Back to results
X
Next Previous

TCG Letter #1016


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
The New York Times Book Review
Date
5 June 1955
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien responded to a request as to what makes him 'tick'.
Notes
Quotes from this letter were printed in the 5 June 1955 New York Times Book Review article 'In and Out of Books: Oxford Calling' by Harvey Breit, and some quotes from this letter were printed in Carpenter's Letters in the introduction to Carpenter's Letter #165 (J.R.R. Tolkien to Houghton Mifflin Co., 30 June 1955).
Tags
Related Letters
References

Next Previous

The Children of Húrin: Deluxe (UK, HB)

On This Day
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Burchfield • 11 June 1972 (#310)

Events
Jun 6-​28 The Hobbit (Greg Banks) Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 (USA Event)
Jun 11 Tolkien and his Medieval Sources - Larissa Tracy (Online Event)
Jun 11 “Charting Faërie: Cartography as the Threshold of Enchantment” - Violeta De Frutos (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Sophia Sheppard Room Magdalen College Oxford OX1 4AU (UK Event)
Jun 11-​13 C.S. Lewis 2026 : War, Fellowship, and Survival in the Lives and Works of C.S. Lewis and Kindred Spirits University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France Event)
More...

Recent Posts
Interesting listings
5400
Mr. Underhill replied
3 seconds ago
Myths and Legends (Boxed Set) #2
72
Emilien replied
11 hours ago
New eBay listings submitted
3417
Emilien replied
12 hours ago
Bonhams Online Auction
0
Trotter posted
10 June
Tom Ayling sold Songs for the Philologists for $85,000
2
Mr. Underhill replied
10 June
Upcoming editions from Brazil
31
Taivo replied
9 June
The Wonders of...
2923
Jlong replied
9 June
Tolkien's translation of Sawles Warde to be published in 'The Review of English Studies'
13
DMRoberts replied
8 June
Upcoming Books
893
EmilK replied
8 June
The Guardian - Readers Top 100 novels of all time
2
Mr. Underhill replied
7 June
 More...
Jump to Last
All original content © by the submitting authors. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Contact Us