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The Inklings : C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and their friends by Carpenter, Humphrey is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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xiv, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : 25 cm Drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, the author examines the friendship between and the social and literary gatherings of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams who laughingly called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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-265) and index Part one -- 'Oh for the people who speak one's own language' -- 'What? You too?' -- Mythopoeia -- 'The sort of thing a man might say' -- Part two -- C.W. -- 'A tremendous flow of words' -- Part three -- 'They are good for my mind' -- 'We had nothing to say to one another' -- Thursday evenings -- 'A fox that isn't there' -- 'Hwæt! we inclinga' -- Part four -- 'No one turned up' -- Till we have faces

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Author
Carpenter, Humphrey
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Published
1979
Language
EN
ISBN
9780395276280
Category
history
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction
Rating
3.92 / 5 (2,277 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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