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Bêthberry · 06-10-2002, 10:12 AM

In light of Child of the 7th Age's comment about the movie using an Edwardian style for the daily life of The Shire, here is a link with some quotations from Tolkien's Letters pertaining to the nature of The Shire. One letter identifies similarities to rural Warkickshire during Victoria's jubilee year; another suggests that a direct analogy is incorrect. I am familiar only with literary descriptions of 19C Yorkshire, so this is a difficult association for me to make.

Thanks to Gandalf the Grey for providing the home link, from which I took this reference. Is the Shire 19C rural England?

*curtsies*
Bethberry

06-10-2002, 10:12 AM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	In light of Child of the 7th Age's comment about the movie using an Edwardian style for the daily life of The Shire, here is a link with some quotations from Tolkien's Letters pertaining to the nature of The Shire. One letter identifies similarities to rural Warkickshire during Victoria's jubilee year; another suggests that a direct analogy is incorrect. I am familiar only with literary descriptions of 19C Yorkshire, so this is a difficult association for me to make. Thanks to Gandalf the Grey for providing the home link, from which I took this reference. Is the Shire 19C rural England? curtsies Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.