Hobbits are for grownups

the Tolkien professor, whose book analyzing the hobbit is hitting the shelves, has an editorial on why you need to reread the Hobbit as an adult:

"The Hobbit" is a brilliantly constructed story, unfolding themes that remain all too relevant to the modern world: the nature of evil, the significance of human choice, the corrupting power of greed and the ease with which good people can be drawn into destructive conflict.

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