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TCG Letter #611 / Carpenter Letter #236


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rayner Unwin
Date
30 December 1961
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien has read the Puffin Hobbit and was not impressed with changes made to the book.
Tags
References
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 443-45, p. 629 (Carpenter notes)
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 312-14, p. 449 (Carpenter notes)
The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated, p. 120
The Ring of Words, p. 106
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 453-5, p. 640 (notas de Carpenter)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 615-6
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, A2e (quoted from), p. 26; Di1, p. 350


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