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TCG Letter #585 / Carpenter Letter #212

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Rhona Beare

Date

14 October 1958

Type

Draft

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien describes the creation of the World and then of the Dwarves by Aulë in draft that was never sent to Beare.

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Ainur

Invented languages

Men

The Lord of the Rings

The Silmarillion

References

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 405-09, p. 628 (Carpenter note)

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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 284-87, p. 448 (Carpenter note)

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 562

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Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, pp. 147, 235, 235-6

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Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 415-9, p. 639 (notas de Carpenter)

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War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 77

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Tolkien Estate where this letter can be read freely.

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

link

John William Houghton, "Augustine and the Ainulindale," Mythlore 21, 1 (1995), p. 8n13 citation from p. 286 ['Letters', 1981].

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