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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.

Much of this letter was previously published in Mythlore 10 (1975). A photocopy and complete transcript along with the auction advertisement for the letter is held at the Marquette archives.
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 262, p. 447 (Carpenter note)
RRAuction sale #620 - Ended November 10, 2021, lot 633, sold for $59,139 including buyer's premium
Mythlore 10 (1975)
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 387-8, p. 638 (notas de Carpenter)
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii30, p. 357


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