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TCG Letter #633 / Carpenter Letter #259

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Anne Barrett (Houghton Mifflin)

Date

7 August 1964

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses Charles Williams and then explains why Tree and Leaf is called Tree and Leaf.

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Beowulf

Fairy Stories

Leaf By Niggle

The Homecoming of Beorhthnoth

The Inklings

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 349-50

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 499

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 654

The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, pp. 171-2 (minor quote begins "‘had for some time vaguely thought")

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 489-90

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

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Miss Perry • 28 June 1955 (#1089)

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