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TCG Letter #446

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Dorothy Wood

Date

3 August 1972

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Unknown

Tolkien writes to Dorothy Wood about family matters and his diminishing pension. He says that he has more work now than before retiring, and that he hasn't received money from The Lord of the Rings in years.

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book

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 805

note

The excerpts found in Chronology (see ref) is the only published quote from the letter.

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