0020 - The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien's Foreword
b'On this episode of\\xa0Tolkien Road,\\xa0we turn to\\xa0The Lord of the Rings and begin our journey through the Third Age of Middle-earth with Tolkien\'s foreword to the Second Edition. This is an important section, because in it Tolkien discusses his reasons for writing the book. We\\u2019ll also discuss just what he means when he says that The Lord of the Rings is a \\u201cfundamentally religious and Catholic work."\\xa0
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Come get lost in Middle-earth and explore the history and background of\\xa0The Hobbit\\xa0and\\xa0The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien Road\\xa0is the podcast of the website\\xa0TrueMyths.org. You can learn more by following\\xa0@tolkienwisdom\\xa0on Twitter and following TrueMyths.org on Facebook at\\xa0Facebook.com/TrueMyths.'