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TCG Letter #558 / Carpenter Letter #196
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Katharine Farrer
Date
21 March 1957
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien mentions Jack LewisC.S. Lewis[1] and acknowledges having limited knowledge of Lewis's troubles.
In the 2023 revised edition of Letters, a brief introductory sentence is restored where Tolkien commiserates with Farrer about her health.
[Note: this letter was written, though Tolkien did not know it, on the day that C. S. Lewis was married, in a Church of England ceremony at her hospital bedside, to Joy Davidman, who was believed to be dying.]
In the 2023 revised edition of Letters, a brief introductory sentence is restored where Tolkien commiserates with Farrer about her health.
[Note: this letter was written, though Tolkien did not know it, on the day that C. S. Lewis was married, in a Church of England ceremony at her hospital bedside, to Joy Davidman, who was believed to be dying.]
1 C.S. Lewis ↩
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