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TCG Letter #110
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Miss Kilbride
Date
24 December 1938
Type
Autograph Note Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien opens with news of the terrible year the family have had. Christopher has had a bad heart and in bad health the entire year. More than a dozen friends have died in the past year, including Tolkien's close friend E.V. Gordon.
Tolkien notes that Oxford is changing for the worse, saying that it is no longer a University town. Its dialect is changing and shops vanish for the look of London. Morris Motors has encroached on the town and with it comes workers and more industry.
Tolkien notes that Oxford is changing for the worse, saying that it is no longer a University town. Its dialect is changing and shops vanish for the look of London. Morris Motors has encroached on the town and with it comes workers and more industry.
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