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We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.
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0:00 Introduction to Tom Bombadil
1:53 Entering the Haven of Tom Bombadil
5:48 Goldberry's Enigmatic Welcome
16:38 The Shift to Storytelling
20:39 Dreams and Nightmares
23:21 A Rainy Day with Tom
26:54 Tom's Tales of Good and Evil
32:15 The Fast Forward of History
34:47 The Harmony of Tom and Goldberry
37:24 The Ring's Power Revealed
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