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TCG Letter #509
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
George Sayer
Date
28 November 1963
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes a letter to George Sayer after the death and funeral of his friend and Narnia creator C.S. Lewis. Years before Lewis had requested Tolkien to write an obituary if the day comes and he wished that he had done so. He talks at length about the issues arising from Lewis's Lutheran faith and Tolkien being a Catholic.
Tolkien notes that Lewis's Screwtape Letters, which had been dedicated to Tolkien without permission, have been described as a work "Lewis himself was never very fond of".
Tolkien imagines Lewis's reconcilation with the Virgin Mary, and thinks it might have been some small influence on Gimli's meeting with Galadriel.
Tolkien notes that Lewis's Screwtape Letters, which had been dedicated to Tolkien without permission, have been described as a work "Lewis himself was never very fond of".
Tolkien imagines Lewis's reconcilation with the Virgin Mary, and thinks it might have been some small influence on Gimli's meeting with Galadriel.
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2003