The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

AcollectionoflettersfromJ.R.R.Tolkien.ThecreatoroftheMiddle-earthasrecordedinTheHobbit,TheLordoftheRingsandTheSilmarillion,wasalsoaprolificletter-writer.Overtheyearshewrote,tohispublishers,hisfamily,tofriends(includingC.S.Lewis,W.H.AudenandNaomiMitchison)andtofansofhisbooks.Theletterspresentadetailedportraitofthemaninmanyofhisaspects:asstoryteller,scholar,Catholic,parentandobserveroftheworldaroundhim.Theyalsoshedmuchlightonhiscreativityandgranddesignforthecreationofawholenewworld-Middle-earth.