Whenever the traditional 3 dots "." appear, readers can be certain that JRR Tolkien did that himself within the original letter. He provides a clear delineation of the system used to refer to these: He uses 4 dots "." to indicate that he has omitted information. For this reason, Christopher comments on how this quality was used to select the most suitable letters. The presumption is that the main target audience of the book is a fan of the author's fiction. In the case of the letters to the woman who was the focus of his love life, Christopher Tolkien explains that he is not willing to expose such personal information of JRR Tolkien. The book was published in 1981.ĭuring the Introduction, the assistant explains that he has made a number of omissions. Christopher is the younger of JRR's two sons. The work has been compiled and edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the help of Christopher Tolkien who is a descendant. Included are those years that he spent writing his most famous fiction books: The Lord of the Rings series and The Simarillion. This collection of letters covers a large portion of his adult life. This book is a nonfiction collection of letters by one of the most popular genre fiction novelists of the 20th century.
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