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TCG Letter #557 / Carpenter Letter #195

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Amy Ronald

Date

15 December 1956

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses Frodo's attitude towards weapons and clarifies that Frodo was not a modern "pacifist."

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Politics

Religion

References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 368, p. 626 (Carpenter note)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 255, p. 447 (Carpenter note)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 526

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 378, p. 637 (notas de Carpenter)

War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 130

Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography, p. 4

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

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