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Originally Posted by mark12_30
Tsk, Bethberry. Bilbo wrote "There and Back Again", but translated the Sil ("Translations from the Elvish") while Frodo was the original author of the entire 'trilogy" except for Sam's Epilogue.
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Oh, gosh. And Appendix F, "On Translation"? I wasn't aware that Frodo, who sailed away early in the Fourth Age, knew the seventh age language, English.
I do love the way the elves tease Bilbo about his writing. It is wise to have some distance on the act of writing. See
'Mainly for the humour" in previous post.
07-19-2005, 08:38 AM
a bone a bone, the funny one
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