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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: 531 All letters: 2740 Recent additions

William Morris

(3 letters match)

1914

c. 22 or 23 (or 26*) October 1914

J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt

Written during Tolkien's final undergraduate year at Oxford. Describes his studies and social interactions.

1960

31 December 1960

J.R.R. Tolkien to L.W. Forster

Carpenter #226

Writing to L.W. Forster, Tolkien states that The Lord of the Rings was not influenced by the two World Wars, except for the landscape. Tolkien also writ...

1961

16 January 1961

L.W. Forster to J.R.R. Tolkien

Forster writes to Tolkien, thanking him for explaining the contribution of philology to Tolkien's works.

The Great Tales of Middle-earth Boxed Set: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien & The Fall of Gondolin

On This Day

Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476)

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