# The Fellowship of the Ring ![[Assets/dd9f8ca56a7c1f23d12bbf7ce516e9c3_MD5.jpg]] ## Metadata - Author: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] - Full Title: The Fellowship of the Ring - Category: #books ## Highlights - But I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse ‘applicability’ with ‘allegory’; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author. ([Location 309](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007978NPG&location=309))