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Tolkien sends a postcard to Henry Bradley. Tolkien had worked with Bradley on the Oxford English Dictionary. He hopes Bradley has recovered from his rec...
Tolkien responds to a request, likely from a researcher or enthusiast, regarding the origins and inspirations behind his work, particularly The Hobbit. ...
Philip Unwin writes to Tolkien on the matter of his riddles from The Hobbit. Houghton Mifflin wants to use a poem and the riddles in an anthology but ar...
Tolkien provides information about the origin and authorship of the riddles included in The Hobbit. He clarifies that most of the riddles are his origin...
Tolkien was sent proofs for a new edition of The Hobbit and remarks on how The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are interlinked. He was not expecting hi...
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...
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Guide to Tolkien's Letters
Riddles
(6 letters match)1922
26 June 1922
J.R.R. Tolkien to Dr. Henry Bradley
#69
Tolkien sends a postcard to Henry Bradley. Tolkien had worked with Bradley on the Oxford English Dictionary. He hopes Bradley has recovered from his rec...
1938
20 February 1938*
J.R.R. Tolkien to Editor of the Observer
#28
Carpenter #25
Tolkien responds to a request, likely from a researcher or enthusiast, regarding the origins and inspirations behind his work, particularly The Hobbit. ...
1947
2 September 1947
Philip Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2599
Philip Unwin writes to Tolkien on the matter of his riddles from The Hobbit. Houghton Mifflin wants to use a poem and the riddles in an anthology but ar...
20 September 1947
J.R.R. Tolkien to Philip Unwin
#256
Carpenter #110
Tolkien provides information about the origin and authorship of the riddles included in The Hobbit. He clarifies that most of the riddles are his origin...
1950
1 August 1950
J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin Ltd.
#295
Carpenter #128
Tolkien was sent proofs for a new edition of The Hobbit and remarks on how The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are interlinked. He was not expecting hi...
14 September 1950
J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin
#297
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...
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