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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit | Corey Olsen
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An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes ofThe Hobbit, following the there-and-back-again progress from its famous first line on through to Bilbos return home at the storys end. Douglas A. Anderson, author ofThe Annotated Hobbit The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the twentieth century. Now Corey Olsen takes readers deep within the text to uncover its secrets and delights. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough and original new reading of this great work to a general audience. Professor Corey Olsen takes readers on an in-depth journey throughThe Hobbit chapter by chapter, revealing the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves and the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice, and, most of all, the transformation within the life of Bilbo Baggins.Exploring J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbitis a book that will makeThe Hobbitcome alive for readers as never before.
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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit | Corey Olsen
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#LOTRchapterAday
Ch.5 (yesterday). Here's a riddle I made for you:

The thing that comes sometimes for some,
Rarely always or never;
In this case, it came for a Hobbit.

What do you think?

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Librarianaut My answer to the riddle: triumph! As in, Bilbo triumphed in the riddle game; even if he fudged it a bit. 7y
TheBookDream Eagles! I won't burden you with my fanfic influenced answer 🙄 7y
zezeki I would've gone with adventure 7y
Bookworm54 I was going to say luck. But I am bad at riddles! Haha 7y
Librarianaut @TheBookDream @Bookworm54 @zeljka thanks for playing!!!! I think I stink at writing riddles- I *know* I'm terrible at solving them.. 7y
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callunakeep
callunakeep
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit | Corey Olsen
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️What a fabulous study of the classic! The Hobbit is one of my all time favorite books, and Mr. Olsen does it much justice in this study! And don't let the word "study" scare you off; it is like having a conversation with a friend or discussing the book with your book club! I highly recommend the audiobook, it is narrated by the author and you can hear his love and passion for what he is saying! #litsyatoz

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callunakeep
callunakeep
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit | Corey Olsen
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Started this today...I am only three chapters in and I already want read The Hobbit again! Again = for the umpteenth time! 🤓

Karkar I love the books and the movies. One of the few that I have reread and rewatched more than once. ❤❤ 8y
callunakeep @Karkar Same here! I usually dislike movies based on my favorite books but I LOVED the movies too! 8y
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LadyZircon
LadyZircon
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit | Corey Olsen
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My parents got me this from a trip to the beach, unknowing I'd been eyeing it for a while too. I thought the analysis of the Hobbit was fantastically done and I loved the detail and awareness it brings to me now that I've read both.