On 9 December 1965, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Christine Jones, a reader in New Jersey.[note 1][1][2]
- Subject: Reply to Jones' comments on the climax of The Lord of the Rings, which he found interesting. Apologies for his short letter.[1]
- Publication: A description of and quotation from the letter appeared in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology.
- Archive: Marquette University.[1]
Excerpt
If I answered all the letters I receive as they deserved, I should write nothing else.
Notes
- ↑ The name of the letter receiver is not given in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology. However, the letter is said to be kept at the Marquette University Library: in their records, the receiver is identified as "Christine Jones".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, “chapter=I. Chronology,” in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006), p. 648
- ↑ "J.R.R. Tolkien Collection: Other Tolkien Writings, 1911-1976". Marquette.edu. Retrieved 25 May 2013