Nytesky, I agree with you that that's good. I don't think most writers could get away with it the way Tolkien does. Today we're used to smaller chunks of story and quicker cuts, but you sense reading it that this is the right tack for him and his time. This is part of the compelling sense that Tolkien's in touch with an older tradition that goes back to before the novel. And thank you, Evenstar1 for that great map of the characters in the storyline from the book. I liked it a lot, particularly because I was reminded of each part of the story as I looked at its character set.
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