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'''Arthur Ransome 15 December 1937''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to [[Wikipedia:Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ransome]], written on [[15 December]] [[1937]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, pp. 207-8</ref>
On [[15 December]] [[1937]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[Wikipedia:Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ransome]]'''.<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, pp. 207-8</ref>


*'''Subject:''' A reply to Ransome's letter of [[13 December]]. Tolkien acknowledges Ransome's suggestion about changing some words in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. Ransome had suggested that it might be inappropriate to use the word ''men'' when referring to [[Hobbits]] and [[Dwarves]]: Tolkien justifies the character [[Thorin]]'s use of ''man'' by claiming it was "''the language in those days''". Tolkien promises to send him a revised copy of the book "''if there is a reprint''", adding that "''sales are not very great''". He also writes: "''To be fancied by you, that is more than any hobbit could have expected''", and that his children have kept Ransome's books from when they were young.<ref name=CG/><ref name=Leeds>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3305/tolkien_sales_are_not_very_great|articlename=Tolkien: "Sales are not very great"|dated=16 October 2012|website=[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ University of Leeds]|accessed=21 October 2012}}</ref>
*'''Subject:''' A reply to Ransome's letter of [[13 December]]. Tolkien acknowledges Ransome's suggestion about changing some words in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. Ransome had suggested that it might be inappropriate to use the word ''men'' when referring to [[Hobbits]] and [[Dwarves]]: Tolkien justifies the character [[Thorin]]'s use of ''man'' by claiming it was "''the language in those days''". Tolkien promises to send him a revised copy of the book "''if there is a reprint''", adding that "''sales are not very great''". He also writes: "''To be fancied by you, that is more than any hobbit could have expected''", and that his children have kept Ransome's books from when they were young.<ref name=CG/><ref name=Leeds>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3305/tolkien_sales_are_not_very_great|articlename=Tolkien: "Sales are not very great"|dated=16 October 2012|website=[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ University of Leeds]|accessed=21 October 2012}}</ref>
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*[[Letter 20]]
*[[Letter 20]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19965058 JRR Tolkien letter reveals poor sales of The Hobbit] at BBC.com
*[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3305/ Tolkien: "Sales are not very great"] at Leeds.ac.uk
*[http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/78192/1/Hall%26Kaislaniemi_editorille.pdf  ‘You tempt me grievously to a mythological essay’: J. R. R. Tolkien’s correspondence with Arthur Ransome] by Alaric Hall and Samuli Kaislaniemi


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On 15 December 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Arthur Ransome.[1]

  • Subject: A reply to Ransome's letter of 13 December. Tolkien acknowledges Ransome's suggestion about changing some words in The Hobbit. Ransome had suggested that it might be inappropriate to use the word men when referring to Hobbits and Dwarves: Tolkien justifies the character Thorin's use of man by claiming it was "the language in those days". Tolkien promises to send him a revised copy of the book "if there is a reprint", adding that "sales are not very great". He also writes: "To be fancied by you, that is more than any hobbit could have expected", and that his children have kept Ransome's books from when they were young.[1][2]
  • Description: Handwritten letter.[2]
  • Archive: The letter is kept at the University of Leeds.[2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, pp. 207-8
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tolkien: "Sales are not very great"" dated 16 October 2012, University of Leeds (accessed 21 October 2012)
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