291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

23.12.2025

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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49:19

Apparently Tolkien is a fabulous illustrator. Who knew? I've seriously looked up prints, and they are weirdly hard to find . . . but enchanting. Oh, this episode is about Christmas. Merry Christmas!

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291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

Flere episoder fra "Classical Stuff You Should Know"

291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

290: Civil Disobedience by David Henry Thoreau

289: John Bunyan and Babe le bœuf bleu

288: Macbeth Inverted

287: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

286: Prince Darling

285: The Democratic Man: Plato's Republic Revisited

284: Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"

283: Beauty and the Beast

282: Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen