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TCG Letter #2 / Carpenter Letter #2

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Edith Bratt

Date

27 November 1914

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Writing to Edith, Tolkien describes his day. He says that the Essay Club paper was "bad" but that the discussion after was interesting.

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Exeter

Exeter College Essay Club

T.W. Earp

Voyage of Earendel

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 7-8, p. 434 (Carpenter note)

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 4, p. 607 (Carpenter note)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 64

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 16, p. 615 (notas de Carpenter)

Tolkien and the Great War, p. 51 (Essay Club meeting)

The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 02 - The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two, p. 277, see note 10

In search of T.W. Earp - John Garth

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