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TCG Letter #683 / Carpenter Letter #310


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Camilla Unwin
Date
20 May 1969
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Rayner Unwin’s daughter Camilla was told, as part of a school ‘project’, to write and ask: ‘What is the purpose of life?’
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Carpenter #200: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Major Bowen • 25 June 1957 (#562)

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