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TCG Letter #1915


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
J.G. Riewald
Date
20 August 1948
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
A two page letter written in response to a Max Beerbohm scholar who asked what Tolkien thought of Beerbohm. Tolkien writes that his cartoons amuse him, but not his literary works.
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References
Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Revised and Enlarged Edition (2017) Vol. 1: Chronology · Arranged by Date , Scull & Hammond - see entry for 20 August 1948
Tolkien on Max Beerbohm , post on Doug Anderson's blog
New York Public Library Max Beerbohm exhibition catalog, Item #70
DELCAT (University of Delaware Catalog), Mark Samuels Lasner Collection ; Manuscript boxes Riewald box 1 MSL 936
NYPL Exhibition gallery, photo of first page of letter available


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