Letter to Milton Waldman

In 1951, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Milton Waldman.

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  • A part of this letter, summarizing The Silmarillion, was first published as Letter 131 in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. It has also been included as an introduction to The Silmarillion, since the 30th Anniversary edition of the book.
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  • The other part of the letter, summarizing The Lord of the Rings, was included and commented upon in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion. It was also published independently, together with the complete letter to Waldman, in a French translation La Feuille de la Compagnie 2.