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TCG Letter #215


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Elizabeth Jennings
Date
3 December 1955
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien sends a note to congratulate Jennings on her book of poetry, A Way of Looking being published. He also makes a mention on Auden's new book, Shields of Achilles.

Published in The Arts Council Collection of Modern Literary Manuscripts 1963-1972.

The original letter is in the British Library (Add. MSS 52599, ff. 123, 124) and a complete transcript is held at the Marquette archive.
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References
The Arts Council collection of modern literary manuscripts, 1963-1972 : a catalogue, found between p. 80 and p. 81 among reproductions of various letters (item 3)
"The Other Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien", compiled by Jorge Quinonez (early 1990s), pp. 2-3


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