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TCG Letter #340 / Carpenter Letter #213
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Deborah Webster
Date
25 October 1958
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien expresses reluctance to divulge personal details but acknowledges some significant facts about himself. He shares personal preferences, including a dislike of French cooking, a fondness for Wales and the Welsh language, and his connection to Ireland.
This letter has been published as follows:
A complete transcript of this letter can be seen at the Marquette archive, which varies slightly from the version published, see Webster, 1973.
This letter has been published as follows:
- 1973: Complete letter in The Fictitious Characters of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 197-9 (Deborah Webster dissertation).
- 1976: Partially quoted in J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth, p. 8 (Daniel Grotta-Kurska).
- 1977: Some quotes appear in Humphrey Carpenter's article 'A World of His Own' in the Telegraph Sunday Magazine, London, 11 September 1977.
- 1980: Reprinted again complete in J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 125-6 (Deborah Webster Rogers and Ivor A. Rogers). And in the first paperback ed., 1982.
- 1981 [2023]: Minus a quarter of the first paragraph in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 288-9 [pp. 410-2].
A complete transcript of this letter can be seen at the Marquette archive, which varies slightly from the version published, see Webster, 1973.
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