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Sunday, 23 March 2014

Is it immature to rate Tolkien as a great writer?

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http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/is-it-immature-to-regard-tolkien-as.html
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Posted by Bruce Charlton at Sunday, March 23, 2014
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