New Tolkien Letter discovered - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 02-01-2005, 03:42 PM

Resurecting this thread because of this:
http://www.leski.com.au/news/20041221/tolkien.htm.

This is another Tolkien letter, up for sale at auction.

The most interesting thing in it are the lines (if I read them right) on side two :http://www.leski.com.au/news/20041221/116912a.jpg

Quote:

But I hope the ending will not seem unworthy. I have not myself any doubt that things went just so but that does not say that my attempt to record them has been successful.

Tolkien is speaking of LotR here. I wonder how serious he was.....

Mithalwen · 02-02-2005, 02:59 PM

Doesn't it say in the History of LOTR volumes of HoME that after a certain point Tolkien felt that he was writing down what had happened rather than "controlling" it.... of course this doesn't mean necessarily he seriously regarded it as actual history rather it could be that having got the situation and charaters to a certain stage of development there was an inevitability about how events would unfold...

Thenks for the link Davem

Finwe-89 · 02-03-2005, 09:44 AM

Wow very good find!

Very interesting too

02-02-2005, 02:59 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Doesn't it say in the History of LOTR volumes of HoME that after a certain point Tolkien felt that he was writing down what had happened rather than "controlling" it.... of course this doesn't mean necessarily he seriously regarded it as actual history rather it could be that having got the situation and charaters to a certain stage of development there was an inevitability about how events would unfold... Thenks for the link Davem __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-03-2005, 09:44 AM	#3
Finwe-89 Wight Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In Lotholorien, looking in the mirror that shows that there is still hope for life... Posts: 84	Wow very good find! Very interesting too __________________ Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum- ishi krimpatul... Beware: Don't speak this loud when you're alone in the dark... Unless you really want it... But don't say I didn't warn you...