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TCG Letter #422 / Carpenter Letter #328


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Carole Batten-Phelps
Date
Autumn 1971
Type
Draft
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien talks about The Lord of the Rings and confesses that he feels it no longer belongs to him.
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