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Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter · Booklabria

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Inklings

BiographyScience Fiction

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First published: 1978
Language: English
Editions: 9

Synopsis

Drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, the author examines the friendship between and the social and literary gatherings of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams who laughingly called themselves the Inklings.

Subjects: Biography
Science Fiction
Friendship
Authorship
Intellectual life
English Authors
Set in: Oxford
Time: 20th Century
Characters: J. R. R. Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
John R. R. Tolkien

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