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TCG Letter #2043


From
Francis P. Magoun
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
6 June 1938
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Francis P. Magoun of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA writes to Tolkien in praise of The Hobbit. He notes his growing interest in Gothic. Magoun had visited Oxford the year before and reminds Tolkien that he showed him some illustrations. He likens the book to a mix of Kipling and Carrol and hopes that Tolkien will write more on hobbits.

This letter is found at the Bodleian Library archives among their Tolkien Papers.
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We note our thanks to Catherine McIlwaine of the Bodleian for providing us archival details on this letter.
MS. Tolkien 21, fol. 83-84


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