I suspect Farmer Giles was very much a writing exercise for Tolkien. A trial run in the type of character and plot development he enjoyed, as opposed to the academic writing style he used most. You get cobwebby writing papers all the time. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?
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