Letter to Michael George Tolkien (16 September 1965)

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Michael George Tolkien 16 September 1965 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to his grandson Michael George Tolkien, written on 16 September 1965.[1]

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"....I enjoyed having a letter from you as much as anything. I am sorry my Gawayne and Pearl will not be in time to assist you (if indeed they would): largely owing ... to my discovering many minor points about WORDS .... which lead me off." {Then speaking in some detail about the translation process and its expected audience he ends:-} "But truthfully it is, I suppose, just a private amusement." {He then suggests I might like to read 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son and its accompanying essay and says:} "I am glad you like the earlier literature and I hope you will be rewarded for your work by worthy examiners .... I have you much in heart and thought .."


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