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Originally Posted by Snowdog
I'm grateful that the first time I read Return of the King it was a late 1950's hardback printing I checked out from the library and had all the Appendices. The tale of Aragorn and Arwen did seem that it should have been in the main tale somewhere, but I can understand why it wasn't.
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Well, we get the abbreviated version from Aragorn at Weathertop. To me, that's one of the draws of both
The Hobbit and
LOTR. There are references to older tales and events that give extra depth to the books, whetting the reader's appetite to learn more.
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Originally Posted by Snowdog
Indeed, Arwen was likely not as bold and forward as Luthien was, but still....
Elf/Mortal one night stands are it seems eternal bonds.  |
And Arwen's daddy didn't even have to lock her away to keep her from her beloved.
07-26-2014, 07:24 AM
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