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 Journey to the Crossroads
01:53 Faramir's Farewell: Provisions and Prophetic Warnings
05:10 Blindfolds and Echoes: Parallels to Lorien
05:58 The Edge of Dreams: A Landscape on the Brink
08:07 Gollum's Grievance: The Storm About to Break
09:37 Flora and Darkness: Tolkien's Botanical Precision
11:55 Woodland Creatures: Hobbits Flitting Through Shadows
13:21 Frodo's Vision: Geopositioning and the Forlorn Towers
17:16 The Voice of Waters: Cold, Cruel, and Contrasting
19:42 The Thorny Hall: A Hollow Haven of Dead Branches and Spring Shoots
21:52 Sam's Dream and Shire Wisdom: Light Relief in Darkness
23:05 The Burden of Gollum: A Conversation Between Friends
26:09 The Crossroads: Ozymandias and the Fallen King
28:30 They Cannot Conquer Forever: A Crown of Flowers and Fading Light

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