Carta 290a

The letter is held at the collections of the Marion E. Wade Center.

Summary

Tolkien answers a fan letter, discussing the origin of the names orc and warg.

Transcription

The body of the letter is typewritten but the footnote is in script.

The essay "The Best Introduction to the Mountains", in which the transcription of the letter is contained, was offered by Mr Wolfe to the anthology Meditations on Middle-earth, edited by Karen Haber, but was rejected. Interzone magazine published the essay in December 2001 (in issue 174). The essay can also be found on here (external link).

Referencias

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