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TCG Letter #682 / Carpenter Letter #309

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Amy Ronald

Date

2 January 1969

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien replies to a letter from Amy Ronald. He explains his names and the different ways that family and friends address him.

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Private life

Religion

Languages

Invented languages

Elvish

Oxford

Middle-earth

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 397-98, p. 452 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 558-59, p. 635 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 776

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

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 568-9, p. 646 (notas de Carpenter)

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