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On [[28 November]] [[1963]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[George Sayer]]'''.<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 612</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><ref>{{webcite|author=Sale 9261|articleurl=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/tolkien-john-ronald-reuel-1892-1973-autograph-letter-3815315-details.aspx|articlename=Autograph letter signed ('Ronald Tolkien') to George Sayer, Headington, Oxford, 28 November 1963|dated=|website=[http://www.christies.com/ Christies]|accessed=21 August 2020}}</ref> | |||
*'''Subject:''' Obituaries for [[C.S. Lewis]]. | *'''Subject:''' Obituaries for [[C.S. Lewis]]. | ||
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==Excerpt== | ==Excerpt== | ||
''"A Catholic could not possibly say anything sincere about Jack's books without giving widespread offence"'' | |||
''"But then Jack [C. S. Lewis] never sent me anything. Not even of Screwtape Letters which he dedicated to me (without permission). I was wryly amused to learn from the Daily Telegraph that 'Lewis was never (sic) himself very fond of this work'. I after/often [this word is especially hard to discern] wondered why the dedication was made. Now I know—or should."'' | |||
"But then Jack [C. S. Lewis] never sent me anything. Not even of Screwtape Letters which he dedicated to me (without permission). I was wryly amused to learn from the Daily Telegraph that 'Lewis was never (sic) himself very fond of this work'. I after/often [this word is especially hard to discern] wondered why the dedication was made. Now I know—or should." | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (7 August 1952)]] | *[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (7 August 1952)]] | ||
*[[Letter to George Sayer (24 June 1953)]] | *[[Letter to George Sayer (24 June 1953)]] | ||
*[[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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[[Category:Letters|Sayer, George (1963-11-28)]] | [[Category:Letters|Sayer, George (1963-11-28)]] | ||
Revision as of 09:50, 21 August 2020
On 28 November 1963, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to George Sayer.[1][2][3]
- Subject: Obituaries for C.S. Lewis.
- Publication: A quotation from the letter appeared in Christie's 20th Century Books and Manuscripts 16 November 2001. A description of and quotation from the letter appears in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology.
Excerpt
"A Catholic could not possibly say anything sincere about Jack's books without giving widespread offence"
"But then Jack [C. S. Lewis] never sent me anything. Not even of Screwtape Letters which he dedicated to me (without permission). I was wryly amused to learn from the Daily Telegraph that 'Lewis was never (sic) himself very fond of this work'. I after/often [this word is especially hard to discern] wondered why the dedication was made. Now I know—or should."
See also
- Letter to George and Moira Sayer (7 August 1952)
- Letter to George Sayer (24 June 1953)
- Letter to George Sayer (21 March 1966)
- Letter to George and Moira Sayer (11 December 1971)
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 612
- ↑ "20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2001", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 22 June 2013)
- ↑ Sale 9261, "Autograph letter signed ('Ronald Tolkien') to George Sayer, Headington, Oxford, 28 November 1963", Christies (accessed 21 August 2020)
