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'''Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947)''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Rosemary, composed on [[30 September]] [[1947]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 322</ref> | '''Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947)''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Rosemary, composed on [[30 September]] [[1947]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 322</ref> | ||
*'''Subject''': Tolkien replies to a letter of appreciation of ''[[The | *'''Subject''': Tolkien replies to a letter of appreciation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from Rosemary. | ||
*'''Publication:''' Mentioned in ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Chronology'' (p. 322) and a facsimile was published in [[Mallorn 36]] | *'''Publication:''' Mentioned in ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Chronology'' (p. 322) and a facsimile was published in [[Mallorn 36]] | ||
*'''Description:''' Two pages, handwritten, signed.<ref>[[Mallorn 36]] (1998)</ref> | *'''Description:''' Two pages, handwritten, signed.<ref>[[Mallorn 36]] (1998)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:34, 30 August 2014
On 30 September 1947, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Rosemary.
Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947) is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rosemary, composed on 30 September 1947.[1]
- Subject: Tolkien replies to a letter of appreciation of The Hobbit from Rosemary.
- Publication: Mentioned in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology (p. 322) and a facsimile was published in Mallorn 36
- Description: Two pages, handwritten, signed.[2]
Transcription
Oxford September 30th 1947
Dear Dear Rosemary,
I am sorry I have not answered yourbefore. I have been very busy. So bustythat I have still not managed to finishmy book about the later adventuresof Bilbo Baggins (and his nephew).And when it in finished I do not know howthey will find paper for it. It is rather long.I made another quik short story ages ago, and that's still waiting for paper and covers.I am afraid it is not about Hobbits, though it has mother an other dragon.I am very glad you like The Hobbit. I hopeyou will like the next one. I will remeber youwhen it apponso I shall keep your piture andyour addres in my own copy of the book.Bilbo Baggins comes into it, but he is to old (111*) tohave any+ 'elventy-one' as he was age More great adventures. But the magic ring that he found turns out to be far more important than he thought.
And his nephew and Sam Gamgee (his gardener), and Gandalf - being a wizard ill not much altered - and very many others people havevery much danger and humble with it, and they have a very long long journey over the mountains and down the Great River of Wilderlandto me far South and many battles. Gollum gets loose, looking for the Rings, and there are lots of Dwarfs and Elves. But no Dragon. Still there are Ents, a hitehnts unknown people and when one day youmeet Trebeard the eldest of all people, I hope you will like him.Now I must fly write a lot more mohaless nice letters aboutmuch less interesting thins (to me). I hope you had a nice holiday. Somewhere in mislovely summer which reminds and over the summers when I wallrad over the Misty Mountain long ago (1911).I could not do any thing of the kind this year.
Yours sincerely,
Ronald Tolkien
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 322
- ↑ Mallorn 36 (1998)
