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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Venthony	lord of the rings (56* d)	RE: lord of the rings	30 Aug 02
I know this sounds wacky, and there is absolutely no evidence in or out of the books, but I always thought Bombadil was the personification of an ideal, pre-industrial England. The safe and free island that the corruption of the Continent cannot touch. On another level, I think he may be a self-portrait painted in words by the author, a sort of Hitchcock-like cameo. Tony

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