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On [[17 November]] [[1957]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|a letter]] to [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]'''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Christina Scull]], [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology|dated=|website=HS|accessed=8 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=TG/> | |||
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My dear Mroczkowski, <br> | |||
My wife and I are <u>very</u> gratified for your invitation [from] you <u>and</u> your wife. It would, of course, but for the thought of the trouble we should be giving, be far more pleasant to have lunch <u>chez vous</u>.<br> | |||
I am dreadfully sorry that we cannot manage this Tuesday; but I do hope that you will find a chance to ask us again! (If I go to America at all, I will not be until the middle of March at the earliest). This is a very crowded week, and my wife is unfortunately not able to do many things (pleasant or otherwise) in succession. Tuesday is quite a good day usually. <br> | |||
I do not understand your use of 'bold'! It is extraordinarily kind of you both to bother about us. We are quite unimportant people. And I do hope that as I have been bold enough to address you as a colleague without title you will please do the same to me.<ref name=TG>[http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1570&forum=18&post_id=8186#forumpost8186 1957 letter on eBay to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski] at [http://www.tolkienguide.com/ Tolkienguide.com] (accessed 20 July 2011)</ref>}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 9/10 November 1957]] | *[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (2 August 1946)]] | ||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (9/10 November 1957)]] | |||
*[[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (December 1959)]] | |||
*[[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (unknown date)]] | |||
*[[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:30, 18 March 2024
On 17 November 1957, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.[1][2]
Transcription[edit | edit source]
17 November 1957
My dear Mroczkowski,
My wife and I are very gratified for your invitation [from] you and your wife. It would, of course, but for the thought of the trouble we should be giving, be far more pleasant to have lunch chez vous.
I am dreadfully sorry that we cannot manage this Tuesday; but I do hope that you will find a chance to ask us again! (If I go to America at all, I will not be until the middle of March at the earliest). This is a very crowded week, and my wife is unfortunately not able to do many things (pleasant or otherwise) in succession. Tuesday is quite a good day usually.
I do not understand your use of 'bold'! It is extraordinarily kind of you both to bother about us. We are quite unimportant people. And I do hope that as I have been bold enough to address you as a colleague without title you will please do the same to me.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (2 August 1946)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (9/10 November 1957)
- Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (December 1959)
- Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (unknown date)
- Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)
References
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 8 June 2013)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1957 letter on eBay to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski at Tolkienguide.com (accessed 20 July 2011)