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Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself?

From Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
Newsgroups alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien
Subject Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself?
Date 2026-01-03 19:32 +0000
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In rec.arts.books.tolkien Feanor <houseof.usher715@silomails.com> wrote:
> Louis Epstein wrote:
>> TLotR 50th Anniversary page 947,end of "Mount Doom" chapter:
>> 
>>       "'Yes,'said Frodo.'...now all is over.
>>       I am glad you are here with me.Here at
>>       the end of all things,Sam.'"
>> 
>> On page 950,third page of "Field of Cormallen" chapter:
>> 
>>       "'I am glad that you are here with me,'
>>       said Frodo.'Here at the end of all things,
>>       Sam.'"
>> 
>> Is this a recapitulation of the same statement,
>> as the narrative returns to the perspective of
>> Frodo and Sam?...or is it (as the interpolated
>> "that" might argue,has it been stable in all
>> editions?) an instance in which he repeated himself
>> to Sam for whatever reason having previously said
>> the same words without the "that"?
>> 
> 
> I am going to say that it is 'recapitulation' indeed, to tie the 
> diverging narratives back together. Good catch, though! Would be 
> interesting to see the comparison... there ought to be multi-edition 
> eBook versions of all the books, where one may easily switch between them.

I do not have any pre-1966 "First Edition" copies,but my oldest
Ballantine and HMCo Second Editions both have the discrepancy.

Did Hammond & Scull flag this in their work?

>> -=-=-
>> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
>> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
>>

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Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2025-01-08 02:02 +0000
  Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Feanor <houseof.usher715@silomails.com> - 2025-10-09 19:49 +0200
    Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-03 19:32 +0000
      Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? "O. Sharp" <ohh@panix.com> - 2026-01-04 21:40 +0000
        Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-05 08:11 -0800
          Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-06 05:07 +0000
            Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-06 08:34 -0800
              Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-07 01:30 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-07 08:49 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Stephan Seitz <stse+usenet@rootsland.net> - 2026-01-07 18:01 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-08 08:31 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-12 02:43 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-12 08:19 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-02-22 00:14 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-02-22 08:52 -0800

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