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: The Forbidden Pool - A Pivotal Transition
01:12 The Two Towers as Tapestry: Light and Dark Contrasts
03:06 Alliterative Awakening: Faramir Rouses Frodo
04:40 Painting with Words: The Moon Over Gondor
09:26 The High Place Moment: Frodo's Vision Across Middle-earth
13:12 Boil and Bubble: Shakespearean Echoes and Gollum's Dive
14:19 The Battle of Wits Continues: Faramir's Staged Interrogation
16:57 A Brief Holiday from Darkness: Gollum at His Happiest
19:09 Frodo's Moral Dilemma: The Burden of Compassion
21:39 Locked Doors and Dark Rooms: Faramir's Judgment
28:11 The Path to Cirith Ungol: Warnings of Dark Terror
30:35 The Cleft Stick: No Good Choices Remain
32:21 Beyond Hope: Faramir's Farewell and Laughing at Old Grief
33:53 Closing Thoughts: Journey to the Crossroads Awaits

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