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TCG Letter #507 / Carpenter Letter #246

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Eileen Elgar

Date

22 September 1963

Type

Autograph/Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien answers questions about The Lord of the Rings, especially regarding the failure of Frodo.

An excerpt from the letter has appeared in Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984 and Beyond Bree issue for May 1985.

Marquette archives have a partial transcript along with the auction advertisement. The original letter was typed with a handwritten post script.

Tags

Frodo

Pity

Genealogy

Gollum

The Lord of the Rings

The One Ring

Religion

Gandalf

Aragorn

Bilbo

Arwen

Sam

Sauron

Marquette Archives

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 325-33, p. 450 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 460-68, p. 631 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 640

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii59, p. 363

Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, p. 5, p. 7, p. 45, p. 55, p. 72, p. 110, p. 134, p. 166, p. 205, p. 207, p. 209, p. 218, pp. 230-2, p. 244, p. 273n3&6

Marquette archive details., See 7/1/6

Tolkien Estate where parts of this letter can be read freely.

Beyond Bree, May 1985

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 469-78, p. 642 (notas de Carpenter)

Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984, lot 277, sold for £990 including buyers premium

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