Essays on CLassic
Gone beyond recall The Lord of the Rings
“Fate is always more marvelous than any man-made design; we never know what it will tell us and great secrets are hidden in the well-being of God.” –Westward by Elrond There are many things that we wait until many years after they happen before we can wait for their endgame. Bilbo picked up a ring when he was 51 years old, and I was blown away by Middle-earth on the screen when I was 14. Fourteen was a providential age. At that age, Tolkien hadn’t yet turned into an old man who loved to sit in his study with a pipe in his mouth and a kindly look on his face. Still, three years earlier, he had begun to pay...
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