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.

00:00 Introduction: Welcome to Shelob's Lair
02:15 Torech Ungol: The Tunnel of the Spider
04:45 Drawing a Deep Breath: Entering the Darkness
07:25 The Cumulative Horror: Building Tension Through Sensory Deprivation
10:08 Hand in Hand: Frodo and Sam's Tender Bond
12:11 Abandoned in Darkness: Gollum Disappears
12:52 The Memory of Light: From Tom Bombadil to Galadriel
15:37 Aiya Earendil: The Phial Burns Bright
21:03 Frodo, Hobbit of the Shire: Walking Steadily to Meet the Eyes
22:38 Sting and the Webs of Gondolin: False Escape and Ancient Lineage
24:00 A Fey Mood and Many Exits: Frodo's Fatal Mistake
24:48 The History of Shelob: Daughter of Ungoliant
29:22 The Final Battle: Sam's Wrestling Trick and Gollum's Defeat
30:20 He Was Too Late: A Terrible Ending

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