We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by. 

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0:05 Introduction to Fellowship of the Ring

1:07 The Pace of Dialogue

4:08 Strider's True Nature

7:29 Trust and Instinct

9:30 Barleyman's Comic Relief

12:14 The Letter from Gandalf

16:19 Insights into Strider

19:31 The Quest and Its Stakes

22:18 The Power of the Black Riders

24:58 Preparing for the Night

28:44 Safe for the Moment