Letter 80

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
← Letter 80 →
Recipient	Christopher Tolkien
Date	3 September 1944
Subject(s)	G.K. Chesterton

Letter 80 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Summary

Tolkien told Christopher of his attempts to teach Priscilla the meaning of G.K. Chesterton's The Ballad of the White Horse. In explaining it, he realized the poem was not as good as he thought, and Chesterton was completely oblivious to Northern culture, both Christian and Heathen.