The unlikely pen pal who shaped Tolkien’s later years

The unlikely pen pal who shaped Tolkien’s later years

When deaf fan Eileen Elgar wrote to the author with notes for improvement, they began a remarkable friendship based on a shared interest in language, revealed in a set of letters now up for auction

by Lily Isaacs

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-unlikely-pen-pal-who-shaped-tolkiens-later-years

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