Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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06 August 2018

Review: Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce My rating: 5 of 5 stars A wonderful, charming book that, li...

01 August 2018

Review: Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth by Catherine McIlwaine My rating: 5 of 5 stars A marvelous overview of th...

30 July 2018

And Death Shall Be No More -- The Dream of the Rood ll. 112-14

Lairich Rig / The Ruthwell Cross Frineð he for þære mænige hwær se man sie, se ðe for dryhtnes naman deaðes wolde biteres onby...

27 June 2018

Review: Beowulf and the Critics

Beowulf and the Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 5 of 5 stars Not to be confused with The Monsters a...

17 June 2018

Revising The Hobbit in Life and Fiction

In the summer of 1950 Tolkien received from Allen & Unwin, his publishers, proofs of the forthcoming second edition of The Hobbit ...

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