
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'
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Corey Olsen
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By:
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Corey Olsen
The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the 20th century. Now Corey Olsen takes listeners deep within the text to uncover its secrets and delights.
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough and original new reading of this great work to a general audience. Professor Olsen takes listeners on an in-depth journey through The Hobbit, chapter by chapter, revealing the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves and the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice, and, most of all, the transformation within the life of Bilbo Baggins.
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is a book that will make The Hobbit come alive for you as never before.
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The book exposes the depth of the characters and story philosophy that can't be gleaned from just reading Tolkien's story.
My personal experience listening for the first time was not as captivating as I would have liked. If I could sit and listen without distraction I would have enjoyed it more. I find it requires the utmost attention at all times. Otherwise it doesn't flow like a story and you end up missing too much information.
Interesting exposition but requires full attention
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Mostly obvious
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Well, if you love the Hobbit as much as I do then "Exploring the Hobbit" is the juicer you need for this Tolkien classic. Olsen will take you in and out, of passages, and nooks in the story that you have never explored and then open up deeper meaning in each and everyone. Dive in and get a taste and when you have finished and love it, look up his Podcast the Tolkien Professor and get a whole more!
The Thickening of the Soup
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Fantastic!
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Interesting for Hobbit fans
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Talks too fast.
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What did you love best about Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'?
This is a fantastic book for those very familiar with most Tolkien's main works. You should be familiar ( the books, not the movies ) not only with the Hobbit, but the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion in order to appreciate this book. Feel like digging deeper into Tolkien's style, meaning and method of writing - this book is for you.Any additional comments?
Each chapter of the Hobbit is examined to bring out points that even after several readings may have been missed.For Tolkien enthusiasts only
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I felt that you really had to know the Hobbit to make this worth the time.I've read the Hobbit multiple times, that said I often thought the author was stretching what the intent of Tolkein was to make his own point.
if you're a rabid Hobbit Fan you'll like it
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Such a lovely tale.......
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An ok book with an odd narration
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