The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
This collection includes 354 letters, and extracts from letters and draft letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This collection includes 354 letters, and extracts from letters and draft letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
0048260053
Publish date: 1981
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
I think I'm not going to be able to finish this for now. As interesting as it was, and it was very interesting. Maybe some other time...
Dear Unwin,the Hobbit will be ready tomorrow, honest.Yours faithfully,Tolkien.Dear Unwin,I've been swamped by illness, work, exams, more work, more exams, lectures, more work and more exams. I can't possibly get it ready this decade.Yours faithfully,Tolkien.Dear Unwin,did you like it?Yours faithfull...
I believe that this was the first time I actually finished this book. It is a must-read for any serious Tolkien lover. It gives a much more comprehensive view of Tolkien’s character than any other work, including Carpenter’s excellent biography. It includes some wonderful letters to his sons which a...