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TCG Letter #636 / Carpenter Letter #262


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Michael di Capua
Date
7 September 1964
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien responds to a query from Pantheon Books about writing a preface to George MacDonald’s The Golden Key. It never got past the draft stage, but led to Tolkien eventually writing Smith of Wootton Major.

Another quote from the letter appears in Chronology. A portion of the draft preface is quoted in Biography.
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