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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/nenya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Some musings
Odysseus819: You said "Tom Bombadil, definitely. Sorry, Zoe but that entire chapter is almost unreadable IMHO. I think a good editor would have cut it and asked JRRT to find another way for the hobbits to be saved from the wight."
I find this a fascinating statement, because I think it goes to the heart as to why LotR has appealed to so many different people: people find some parts better than others. My favorite part of the novel is from chapter one through At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony. As I write this, Old Man Willow is pasted on my computer screen. My brother's favorite part, who got me in to Tolkien's work, was The Scouring Of The Shire. My wife disliked The Council Of Elrond so much she could not finish the chapter, or the novel, which has distressed me greatly.
This may be a bit off topic, but I know there are some females in this thread. I, personally, have never been able to meet a female who really enjoyed Tolkien. Have others experienced this, too?
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