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TCG Letter #422 / Carpenter Letter #328

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Carole Batten-Phelps

Date

Autumn 1971

Type

Draft

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien talks about The Lord of the Rings and confesses that he feels it no longer belongs to him.

Tags

Edith health

Oxford

The Lord of the Rings

Fairy Stories

Elves

Gandalf

Middle-earth

References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 578-80, p. 635 (Carpenter note)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 412-14, p. 453 (Carpenter note)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 794

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Tolkien Estate where this letter can be read freely.

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 587-9, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

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