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TCG Letter #430 / Carpenter Letter #336

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Sir Patrick Browne

Date

23 May 1972

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes about being a cult figure.

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Related Letters

Letter from Humphrey Carpenter to Sir Patrick Browne • 18 August 1978 (#889)

References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 587, p. 636 (Carpenter note)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 418, p. 453 (Carpenter note)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 801

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

Tolkien Library

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 596, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

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