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TCG Letter #622 / Carpenter Letter #247

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Colonel Worskett

Date

20 September 1963

Type

Draft

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes about The Lord of the Rings, comparisons to The Hobbit, some discussion of the material being worked on for The Silmarillion, and a lengthy discourse on the history of Ents.

Tags

The Lord of the Rings

The Silmarillion

References

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 468-71, p. 631 (Carpenter note)

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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 333-35, p. 450 (Carpenter note)

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Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, p. 287n42

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The Ring of Words, p. 120

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Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 478-80, p. 642 (notas de Carpenter)

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 639-40

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The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 01 - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One, pp. 2-3, p. 4, p. 5

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J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii37, p. 359

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