The Hobbit – Chapter XVII – The Clouds Burst
Here we have the Battle of Five Armies. If you're keeping track, it's the dwarves,…
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The Hobbit – Chapter XVI – A Thief In The Night
A Thief In The Night is a short, but crucial, chapter. The action is really…
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The Hobbit – Chapter XV – The Gathering Of The Clouds
We're back to the story with this chapter, so that's a relief. We're back with…
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The Hobbit – Chapter XIII – Not At Home
The title of this chapter pretty much covers it. Smaug is not at home. This…
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The Hobbit – Chapter XII – Inside Information
We had to get through eleven chapters and almost two-hundred pages, but we finally get…
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The Hobbit – Chapter IX – Barrels Out Of Bond
Way back in my first entry in this series, I commented that I like the…
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The Hobbit – Chapter VIII – Flies and Spiders
From the very first time I read The Hobbit, Flies and Spiders has fascinated me. …
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The Hobbit – Chapter VII – Queer Lodgings
The title of this chapter betrays the age of The Hobbit (First published in 1937). …
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The Hobbit – Chapter VI – Out Of The Frying-Pan Into The Fire
Chapter VI has always felt to me like the end of the beginning. Up until…
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The Hobbit – Chapter IV – Over Hill and Under Hill
This is another short chapter, but it has a lot of action in it. It…