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TCG Letter #422
/ Carpenter Letter #328
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Carole Batten-Phelps
Date
Autumn 1971
Type
Draft
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien talks about
The Lord of the Rings
and confesses that he feels it no longer belongs to him.
Tags
Edith health
Oxford
The Lord of the Rings
Fairy Stories
Elves
Gandalf
Middle-earth
References
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 578-80, p. 635 (Carpenter note)
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, pp. 412-14, p. 453 (Carpenter note)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 794
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
Tolkien Estate where this letter can be read freely.
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 587-9, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)
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Joy Hill
• 11 May 1962
(#1231)
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