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Oo, Those Awful Orcs!
Wilson, Edmund | April 14, 1956 issue

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This article focuses on three volumes of the book "The Lord of the Rings," by J.R.R. Tolkien. In 1937, Tolkien published a children's book called "The Hobbit." The book is about a fictitious non-human race, the hobbits, who inhabit an imaginary country called the Shire and who combine the characteristics of certain English animals. "The Lord of the Rings," the hypertrophic sequel to "The Hobbit," is intended for adults rather than children, and it has had a resounding reception at the hands of a number of critics who are certainly grown-up in years.

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LORD of the Rings, The (Book); TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; HOBBIT, The (Book); BOOKS; CHILDREN'S literature; FICTION
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