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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?’
Tags
Religion
Morality
Death
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, pp. 399-400
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 779
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 569-72
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 560-62
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