Letter 73a

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 73a
Recipient	Christopher Tolkien
Date	27 June 1944
Subject(s)	Updates on home life

Letter 73a is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

Tolkien humorously remarks on feeling exhausted despite a long sleep, citing Warnie Lewis' dictum on sleep's tiring effects; "nothing so exhausting as sleep; absolutely wears you out". He shares recent events, including receiving a £140 cheque for "The Hobbit" and discovering that Cadet Rayner Unwin, in his course, is the same Rayner Unwin who, as a child, recommended "The Hobbit" manuscript to his father, leading to its publication.