Thread: Reading The Lord of the Rings after watching the extended version of the movie
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:40 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It is. "The Hobbit" is a children's book; "Lord of the Rings" is very definitely written for an adult audience.

I am pretty sure Tolkien started "The Lord of the Rings" intending it for a similar target audience as the Hobbit, which helps explain the inclusion of Tom Bombadil and a few other incidents in the first part of the book.

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