LOTR: An Author's Journey - Wrap Up of The Two Towers, Book 4

We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.

00:00 Introduction: Two Towers Book Four Summer Wrap-Up

00:56 Gollum States the Stakes: The Dark Lord Will Eat Us All

02:13 Writing Into the Dark: Tolkien's Creative Process

06:05 The Rule of Three: Frodo's Third Act of Trust

07:33 Faramir's Poetic Vision: A Lament for Boromir

12:10 The Imprint of Art: Grief, Pity, and the Power of Stories

13:50 Frodo's Moral Dilemma: The Forbidden Pool

19:01 Locked Doors and Dark Rooms: Faramir Sees Through Gollum

20:48 The Thorny Hall: A Hollow Haven on the Edge of Mordor

22:26 The Journey's Persistence: Each Weary Step with Frodo and Sam

25:46 Gollum as Narrative Whip: Childlike Malignity Keeps Urgency