Tolkien letters unearthed at National Archives (UK)
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2023/3/24 6:53:29 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/3/24 6:53:29 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Two handwritten letters penned by JRR Tolkien have been discovered for the first time, almost 50 years after the death of the Lord of the Rings author.
Tolkien letters shine new light on writer’s life and work
Tolkien letters shine new light on writer’s life and work
A quote from the second letter was posted at https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazin ... at-the-national-archives/
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
oxonianus wrote:
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
If I am not mistaken these new letters will be open to viewing in person rather than online.
onthetrail wrote:
oxonianus wrote:
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
If I am not mistaken these new letters will be open to viewing in person rather than online.
Yes, that's right.
Complete letters:
To mark #TolkienReadingDay we're excited to share some recently uncovered letters found in our own version of Middle-earth.
— The National Archives (@UkNatArchives) March 25, 2023
Hidden, as the best treasures always are, inside the pages of an archived document, one of our volunteers found these letters written by Tolkien in 1945. pic.twitter.com/MyXOnLnHrx
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