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TCG Letter #507 / Carpenter Letter #246

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Eileen Elgar

Date

22 September 1963

Type

Autograph/Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien answers questions about The Lord of the Rings, especially regarding the failure of Frodo.

Marquette archives have a partial transcript along with the auction advertisement. The original letter was typed with a handwritten post script.

Tags

Frodo

Pity

Genealogy

Gollum

The Lord of the Rings

The One Ring

Religion

Gandalf

Aragorn

Bilbo

Arwen

Sam

Sauron

Marquette Archives

Middle-earth

Archive holdings

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 325-33, p. 450 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 460-68, p. 631 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 640

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii59, p. 363

Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, p. 5, p. 7, p. 45, p. 55, p. 72, p. 110, p. 134, p. 166, p. 205, p. 207, p. 209, p. 218, pp. 230-2, p. 244, p. 273n3&6

Marquette archive details., See 7/1/6

Tolkien Estate where parts of this letter can be read freely.

Beyond Bree, May 1985

Lion Heart Autographs Catalogue 12. The description for item 102 includes quotes from a letter to Eileen Elgar, dated 22 September 1963, discussing The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings A Reader's Companion, p. 529

The Lord of the Rings A Reader's Companion, pp 529, 648, 701, 702

Craig A. Boyd, "Nolo Heroizari: Tolkien and Aquinas on the Humble Journey of Master Samwise" in Christianity & Literature 2019, Vol. 68(4), p. 607, p. 608, p. 619 note 3

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 469-78, p. 642 (notas de Carpenter)

War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 68, 135, 138

"The Other Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien", compiled by Jorge Quinonez (early 1990s), pp. 3-4

Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984, lot 277, sold for £990 including buyers premium

TCG Letter #507 / Carpenter Letter #246

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