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Children's Classics: The Hobbit
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This was a well-written, old-fashioned kind of fantasy book. I read LotR in my own language and was surprised to find a really beautiful narrative voice in The Hobbit, which I read in English. My favourite parts were the beginning and the end. I just can't resist the exciting moment when a journey is begun and the magic, bitersweet moment when it comes to an end. I was sort of happy that Tolkien omitted the battle itself, and then introduced Bilbo's POV. I always get so bored by long description
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