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On [[14 June]] [[1973]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''a [[Wikipedia:Procuration|per procurationem]] [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] to Bruce Charlton'''.<ref name=Notion>{{webcite|author=Bruce Charlton|articleurl=http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-previously-unpublished-letter-from.html|articlename=A previously unpublished letter from JRR Tolkien - 14 June 1973|dated=5 October 2013|website=[http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.com Notionclubpapers.blogspot.com]|accessed=16 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
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< | {{blockquote|Dear Mr Charlton<br/><br/>Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am delighted that my books have given you pleasure.<br/><br/>THE SILMARILLION is far from complete and I have not looked at it for some considerable time. Therefore I regret that I cannot predict when it will see the light of day.<br/><br/>Yours sincerely, <br/><br/>pp. JRR Tolkien<br/><br/>[initials] MJH<ref name=Notion/>}} | ||
Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am delighted that my books have given you pleasure. | |||
THE SILMARILLION is far from complete and I have not looked at it for some considerable time. Therefore I regret that I cannot predict when it will see the light of day. | |||
Yours sincerely, | |||
pp. JRR Tolkien | |||
[initials] MJH<ref name=Notion/> | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Letters|Charlton, Bruce]] | [[Category:Letters|Charlton, Bruce]] | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 29 May 2014
On 14 June 1973, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a per procurationem letter to Bruce Charlton.[1]
Excerpt
Dear Mr Charlton
Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am delighted that my books have given you pleasure.
THE SILMARILLION is far from complete and I have not looked at it for some considerable time. Therefore I regret that I cannot predict when it will see the light of day.
Yours sincerely,
pp. JRR Tolkien
[initials] MJH[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bruce Charlton, "A previously unpublished letter from JRR Tolkien - 14 June 1973" dated 5 October 2013, Notionclubpapers.blogspot.com (accessed 16 October 2012)
