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Guide to Tolkien's Letters

Letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien: 1536 Carpenter's Letters: 354 Revised Letters: 508 New in Revised Letters: 154 Updated in Revised Letters: 46 By J.R.R. Tolkien but not in Letters: 1028 Letters to J.R.R. Tolkien: 673 Not to or from J.R.R. Tolkien: 530 All letters: 2739 Recent additions

Hobbit revisions

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1937

J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Carpenter #12

Tolkien writes about corrections to the text of The Hobbit, the cost of those corrections, and who would incur that cost, as well as details of his subm...

1947

J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin

Carpenter #109

Tolkien responded to Rayner Unwin's comments about The Fellowship of the Ring. He talks about allegory as well as other literary illusions. Tolkien...

1950

14 September 1950

J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin

Carpenter #130

Tolkien writes to Stanley Unwon, enclosing a new version of chapter five of the Hobbit. He has decided to accept both versions of the chapter and will w...

Beren and Lúthien (U.S. PB)

On This Day

Carpenter #28: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • June 4th 1938 (#32)

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