Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 8

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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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0:06 Introduction to Fog on the Barrow Downs

2:44 Exploring Themes of Renewal

5:35 The Journey Begins

7:28 Warnings Ignored

9:36 The Fog of War

13:38 The Nature of Evil

18:26 The Power of Tom Bombadil

22:14 Shared Visions and Prophecies

23:35 Temptation and Contentment

24:55 Farewell to Tom Bombadil

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