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TCG Letter #327 / Carpenter Letter #203


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Herbert Schiro
Date
17 November 1957
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
In response to a letter from Herbert Schiro asking about allegory in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien quite angrily dismisses these readings.
Notes
Much of this letter was previously published in Mythlore 10 (1975).
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