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TCG Letter #1185
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rob Gilson
Date
?17 - ?19 December 1913
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull note that "Tolkien informs his T.C.B.S. friends" of his engagement to Edith, though he does not give any details of Edith, not even her name.
They note that there is no letter of congratulation from G.B. Smith and they suggest that Tolkien told him in person as they were both at Oxford together.
Garthnote for p. 33 on p. 320 of Tolkien and the Great War[1] says "there is no evidence for the view that JRRT wrote directly to RQG and CLW with news of his engagement" and further (on p. 33) "or rather he appears to have told Smith, who apparently passed the news on to Gilson and Wiseman."
They note that there is no letter of congratulation from G.B. Smith and they suggest that Tolkien told him in person as they were both at Oxford together.
Garthnote for p. 33 on p. 320 of Tolkien and the Great War[1] says "there is no evidence for the view that JRRT wrote directly to RQG and CLW with news of his engagement" and further (on p. 33) "or rather he appears to have told Smith, who apparently passed the news on to Gilson and Wiseman."
1 note for p. 33 on p. 320 of Tolkien and the Great War ↩
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