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'''G.E. Selby c. 1955/6''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a six-page letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to G.E. Selby, probably written in late [[1955]] or early [[1956]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 483</ref>
Sometime between late [[1955]] and early [[1956]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to G.E. Selby'''.<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 483</ref>


*'''Subject:''' Tolkien writes about the publication of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, [[Frodo]]'s failure, the [[Elvish]] languages, and the poem ''[[Errantry]]''".<ref name=CG/>
*'''Subject:''' Tolkien writes about the publication of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, [[Frodo]]'s failure, the [[Elvish]] languages, and the poem ''[[Errantry]]''".<ref name=CG/>

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Sometime between late 1955 and early 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to G.E. Selby.[1]

  • Subject: Tolkien writes about the publication of The Lord of the Rings, which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, Frodo's failure, the Elvish languages, and the poem Errantry".[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 483
  2. ↑ "Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions.1977", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 28 January 2013)
  3. ↑ "Autograph Letters. 1978", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 28 January 2013)
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