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TCG Letter #382 / Carpenter Letter #351

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Christopher Tolkien

Date

29 May 1973

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes to Christopher about his trip to the Tolhursts and news of Priscilla's holiday in Crete.

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References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 602-03

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 429-30, p. 453 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 811

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 612, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

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

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