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[Description and excerpt:] "In 1958 [Tolkien] broaches a 'difficult matter', offering his friend financial support, in the form of £30, writing a few days later to express his pleasure that 'you will allow me to share a little of the proceeds of ''The Lord of the Rings''. Specially since I guess it to be an answer to prayer, for on the way from church on Sunday I had a sudden clear intuition that you were worried and in difficulties'."<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=7&intObjectID=5210972&sid= Christies.com], retrieved June 27, 2010</ref> | [Description and excerpt:] "In 1958 [Tolkien] broaches a 'difficult matter', offering his friend financial support, in the form of £30, writing a few days later to express his pleasure that 'you will allow me to share a little of the proceeds of ''The Lord of the Rings''. Specially since I guess it to be an answer to prayer, for on the way from church on Sunday I had a sudden clear intuition that you were worried and in difficulties'."<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=7&intObjectID=5210972&sid= Christies.com], retrieved June 27, 2010</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (9/10 November 1957)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (17 November 1957)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (December 1959)]] | |||
*[[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (unknown date)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (2 August 1946)]] | |||
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Revision as of 11:52, 19 July 2015
In 1958, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.[1]
- Publication: A description of the letters was included in Christie's Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts 1 June 2009.
Contents
[Description and excerpt:] "In 1958 [Tolkien] broaches a 'difficult matter', offering his friend financial support, in the form of £30, writing a few days later to express his pleasure that 'you will allow me to share a little of the proceeds of The Lord of the Rings. Specially since I guess it to be an answer to prayer, for on the way from church on Sunday I had a sudden clear intuition that you were worried and in difficulties'."[2]
See also
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (9/10 November 1957)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (17 November 1957)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (December 1959)
- Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (unknown date)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (2 August 1946)
References
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 30 May 2014)
- ↑ Christies.com, retrieved June 27, 2010
