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TCG Letter #425 / Carpenter Letter #331

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

William Cater

Date

29 November 1971

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes to William Cater about the death of his wife, "Edith Tolkien" and his utter bereavement.

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Edith

Hotel Miramar

Personal

Private life

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 415

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 795-6

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 581-82, p. 635 (Carpenter note)

J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend, p. 85 (see item 250)

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

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 591, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

The Great Tales of Middle-earth Boxed Set: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien & The Fall of Gondolin

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Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476)

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