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TCG Letter #1408 / Carpenter Letter #97b

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

E.H. Connor

Date

23 February 1945

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses Chaucer, saying he had “little learning”, some Latin skill but lacked the talent for prose.

Notes

Also on this day, Tolkien's letter to the Catholic Herald is published as The Name Coventry.^{Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to The Catholic Herald • 10-11 February 1945 (#121)[1]}

¹ Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to The Catholic Herald • 10-11 February 1945 (#121) ↩

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