Letter to Moira Sayer (10 August 1952)
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Moira Sayer 10 August 1952 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Moira Sayer, wife of George Sayer, written on 10 August 1952.[1][2]
- Subject: The second half of The Lord of the Rings.
- Publication: Excerpts from the letter appeared in Christie's 20th Century Books and Manuscripts 16 November 2001. A description of the letter appears in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology.
Excerpt
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[1]
See also
- George and Moira Sayer 7 August 1952
- George Sayer 24 June 1953
- George Sayer 28 November 1963
- George Sayer 21 March 1966
- George and Moira Sayer 11 December 1971
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 387
- ↑ "20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2001", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 22 June 2013)
