Write me some moon-letters
The love of letters, maps and handwriting all bundled into one exuberant quotation. Â I now need to figure out the...
Away with adventures!
Bilbo Baggins has no use for adventures, as he asserts, before heading off into the greatest adventure of his life,...
For use in a mouthwash advert
How did they miss this, those toothpaste and mouthwash marketing executives? Smaug the Dragon’s own glorious description of himself (my...
Foresight meets hindsight
Being a wizard, of course, would mean that Gandalf would know exactly when to look ahead and when to look...
The trouble with quests
Baggins has a healthy reaction to being confronted with endless roaming in the gloaming of a boundless, friendless forest. But...
What is a house for?
A near perfect description of what makes a perfect house, beyond practical issues such as storm-proofing; similar to the wonderful...
The charm of trolls
One of many examples of pawky humour in The Hobbit. A few pages later the same trolls are discussing what...
Breakfast before a journey
Thorin the chief dwarf places his breakfast order having invited himself to stay at Bilbo Baggins’ house.
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Long ago and still to come
This sweetly evocative opening refers to a quieter world 'long ago'. Â But it also evokes, for me at least, a...
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