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TCG Letter #255 / Carpenter Letter #109


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Stanley Unwin
Date
31 July 1947
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien responded to Rayner Unwin's comments about The Fellowship of the Ring. He talks about allegory as well as other literary illusions.

Tolkien mentions in a post script that he is revising The Hobbit, which had needed to be amended due to work on The Lord of the Rings.For details on these revisions see Hammond/Scull, Reader's Guide, Part 1, p. 509 onwards.[1]

1 For details on these revisions see Hammond/Scull, Reader's Guide, Part 1, p. 509 onwards.
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 119-23, p. 441 (Carpenter notes)
Error in hardcover and Kindle editions: me end > the end p. 175
Marco Cristini "The Fall of Two Cities: Troy and Gondolin." Thersites 15 (2022), p. 16 note 66
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 185-9, p. 629 (notas de Carpenter)


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