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TCG Letter #5 / Carpenter Letter #5

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

G. B. Smith

Date

12 August 1916

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien has learned about the death of his close friend Rob Gilson - one of the four members of the TCBS^{Tea Club and Barrovian Society[1]} and writes a long letter about how he feels the group has ended but that he still holds the hope and ambitions the group had discussed when they were last together. Tolkien makes reference to the 'Council of London'.

¹ Tea Club and Barrovian Society ↩

Tags

Rob Gilson

T.C.B.S.

T.C.B.S. Councils

Council of London

Related Letters

Letter from Rob Gilson to J.R.R. Tolkien • 22 June 1916 (#1542)

Letter from G.B. Smith to J.R.R. Tolkien • 15 August 1916 (#1551)

Letter from G.B. Smith to J.R.R. Tolkien • 19–22 August 1916 (#1552)

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 9-10

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 5-7

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 65, 94-5. (The T.C.B.S. was began during the Summer term 1911 at King Edward School. See various entries re. T.C.B.S. and TCBS.)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Reader's Guide Part 2 (2017), pp. 1281-88 (entry for T.C.B.S.)

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

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 17-19

Tolkien and the Great War, pp. 58-9 ('the inspiration that...', 'the hope and ambitions...'); p. 60 ('That Council...')

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sources of Inspiration, p. 46, see note 99

TCG Letter #5 / Carpenter Letter #5

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