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TCG Letter #414 / Carpenter Letter #319

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Roger Lancelyn Green

Date

8 January 1971

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes to Roger about his thoughts on the origin of the word Hobbit.

Tags

The Hobbit

Hobbits

Bilbo

Middle-earth

References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 570-71, p. 635 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 406-07, p. 453 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 790

The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated, p. 83

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

The Ring of Words, p. 146

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 580-1, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

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