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TCG Letter #607 / Carpenter Letter #232

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Joyce Reeves

Date

4 November 1961

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien talks about his pre-WWI trip to the Alps.

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Switzerland

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References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 438-39, p. 629 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 308-09, p. 448 (Carpenter notes)

The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated, p. 103

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 448-9, p. 640 (notas de Carpenter)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 33, 612

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

J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend, p. 50 (see item 112)

The Annotated Hobbit (1988), p. 66

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