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TCG Letter #433
/ Carpenter Letter #340
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Christopher Tolkien
Date
11 July 1972
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Christopher about Edith, her headstone, his thoughts of her as Lúthien and a visit to GA&U's headquarters.
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Edith
Family
The Lay of Beren and Luthien
Valar
The Silmarillion
Middle-earth
Tolkien family
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, pp. 420-1
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 589-91
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 599-600
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, pp. 107-8 (entry for '?Early June 1917'), 803
J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend
, p. 85 (see item 250)
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
Beren and Lúthien
, p. 17
Tolkien Estate where this letter can be read freely.
The Story of Kullervo
, p. 157
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