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TCG Letter #414
/ Carpenter Letter #319
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Roger Lancelyn Green
Date
8 January 1971
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Roger about his thoughts on the origin of the word
Hobbit
.
Tags
The Hobbit
Hobbits
Bilbo
Middle-earth
References
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 570-71, p. 635 (Carpenter notes)
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, pp. 406-07, p. 453 (Carpenter notes)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 790
The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated
, p. 83
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 580-1, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)
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