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TCG Letter #99 / Carpenter Letter #65

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Christopher Tolkien

Date

4 May 1944

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Having read another chapter to C.S. Lewis, Tolkien is now writing the next, and will send Christopher copies as soon as possible.

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Fæder his suna (Father to Son. FS)

Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings writing

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 77

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 112

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 288

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

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 124

Fæder his suna (Father to Son. FS) No. 21

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On This Day

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mabel Day • 17 July 1946 (#2517)

Events

Jul 12-18 The Inklings and Nature: Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield and Williams - Dr Gabriel Schenk Brasenose College, Oxford, OX1 4AJ (UK Event)

Jul 12-18 Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in Oxford - John Garth Christ Church St. Aldates , Oxford, OX1 1DP (UK Event)

Jul 14-18 Festival de terror, fantasía y ciencia ficción - LA SOCIEDAD TOLKIEN ESPAÑOLA, EN CASA Avilés, Asturias (Spain Event)

Jul 16-18 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 25th Anniversary Concert Peacock Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court Los Angeles, CA 90015 (USA Event)

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