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TCG Letter #1033 / Carpenter Letter #59a


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Christopher Tolkien
Date
8 April 1944
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Christopher and mentions him sitting in his garden on a beautiful night around 2 a.m. Tolkien had struggled that day with a chapter and mentions that Gollum is fitting well now he has entered the story.
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References
Fæder his suna (Father to Son. FS) No. 15
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 115-6, p. 624 (notas de Carpenter)
The quote is also published in some editions of 'Writing: A College Handbook', p. 318 (in other editions on page 297) but is last included in the 1986 edition.


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