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The White CouncilRe: I suggest lake townTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Michael Martinez on May 04, 2000 at 23:15:33 In Reply to: Re: I suggest lake town posted by Alexander on May 04, 2000 at 14:15:12:
The very section you cite from says (earlier) that the woods and farms and cattle had escaped the destruction of the dragon. The farms were clearly fields tilled by townsfolk, and not separate homesteads. : ... A farmhouse would have been a good deal more comfortable : than anything they could have "contrived" that night, and I : feel sure the master would have moved into one had they : existed. As it is, we`re told that "their woods and fields and : pastures and cattle and most of their boats remained : undamaged." Smaug planned to "set all the shoreland woods : ablaze, and wither every field and pasture," but again, there`s : no indication of any farms on the shore... You just cited proof of the farms. A farm doesn't have to have a house on it to be a farm. : ... I think all the people of Esgaroth lived in the town, even : those that tended their fields. They could leave their cattle : and horses in perfect safety - after all, there was no-one to : steal them. : Tolkien`s own drawings and watercolours are quite different : from anyone else`s I have seen, although there are several : others I have liked. There are as a rule simple, uncluttered, : and yet they have something of an enchantment about them, don`t : they? Yes indeed. I like his drawings and paintings.
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