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'''Moira Sayer 10 August 1952''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Moira Sayer, wife of [[George Sayer]], written on [[10 August]] [[1952]].<ref name=C>{{CG|C}}, p. 387</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=72190|articlename=20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2001|dated=|website=TB|accessed=22 June 2013}}</ref>
On [[10 August]] [[1952]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|a letter]] to Moira Sayer''' (wife of [[George Sayer]]).<ref name=C>{{CG|C}}, p. 387</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=72190|articlename=20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2001|dated=|website=TB|accessed=22 June 2013}}</ref>


*'''Subject:''' The second half of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
*'''Subject:''' The second half of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
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==Excerpt==
==Excerpt==


{{Blockquote|It's pretty well a crescendo until at least [[The Field of Cormallen|Chap. 4 of the last "book"]]. It is on the rallentando and coda [i.e. the winding down of the story, and the hobbits' return to the Shire] that I am specially anxious for your opinion.|J.R.R. Tolkien<ref name=C/>}}
{{Blockquote|"Though I carried your letter about to cheer me up-it is a wonderful sensation to find that anything one has written is liked-I am afraid I allowed the burden of exhaustion caused by examinations to lead me into ungrateful silence. I think it is v. kind indeed of you all the same to allow me to come and stay. I will be as little nuisance as possible (I know too much to suppose that I shall be none); and I resemble a hobbit at any rate in being moderately and cheerfully domesticated, though no cook. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to it, the first thoroughly agreeable prospect I have had since I was ill in October I suppose George got back safely after his astonishing dash to O. and back! I can only hope that the cargo proved worth the effort. Still I cannot really fear that, if your appetite (and his) could last so long, it will not find plenty to its taste in the second half. It's pretty well a crescendo until at least [[The Field of Cormallen|Chap. 4 of the last "book"]]. It is on the rallentando and coda [i.e. the winding down of the story, and the hobbits' return to the Shire] that I am specially anxious for your opinion.|J.R.R. Tolkien<ref> [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13022/lot/9134/ bonhams auction] at bonhams.com (accessed 5 February 2015)</ref>}}


==See also==
==See also==


*[[George and Moira Sayer 7 August 1952]]
*[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (7 August 1952)]]
*[[George Sayer 24 June 1953]]
*[[Letter to George Sayer (24 June 1953)]]
*[[George Sayer 28 November 1963]]
*[[Letter to George Sayer (28 November 1963)]]
*[[George Sayer 21 March 1966]]
*[[Letter to George Sayer (21 March 1966)]]
*[[George and Moira Sayer 11 December 1971]]
*[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (11 December 1971)]]


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Latest revision as of 08:30, 18 March 2024

On 10 August 1952, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Moira Sayer (wife of George Sayer).[1][2]

Excerpt[edit | edit source]

"Though I carried your letter about to cheer me up-it is a wonderful sensation to find that anything one has written is liked-I am afraid I allowed the burden of exhaustion caused by examinations to lead me into ungrateful silence. I think it is v. kind indeed of you all the same to allow me to come and stay. I will be as little nuisance as possible (I know too much to suppose that I shall be none); and I resemble a hobbit at any rate in being moderately and cheerfully domesticated, though no cook. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to it, the first thoroughly agreeable prospect I have had since I was ill in October I suppose George got back safely after his astonishing dash to O. and back! I can only hope that the cargo proved worth the effort. Still I cannot really fear that, if your appetite (and his) could last so long, it will not find plenty to its taste in the second half. It's pretty well a crescendo until at least Chap. 4 of the last "book". It is on the rallentando and coda [i.e. the winding down of the story, and the hobbits' return to the Shire] that I am specially anxious for your opinion.
—J.R.R. Tolkien[3]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 387
  2. "20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2001", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 22 June 2013)
  3. bonhams auction at bonhams.com (accessed 5 February 2015)