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- Whats the deal with Bilbo being some kind of burglar?
Burglar wants a good job, plenty of Excitement and reasonable Reward, that’s how it is usually read You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like Some of them do It’s all the same to us As for your side-question, The Hobbit was written at a time when Tolkien's ideas about Middle Earth weren't as fleshed out yet
- 80s-90s Female Cat Burglar accepts only Sapphires as payment
Read the story at least 30-40 years ago Book was in English, read in USA, probably a paperback The story follows the career of a female cat burglar in Europe (?; I think she was French or Italian
- How could Thorin and co. journey all the way to Erebor without . . .
The dwarves trust the competence of a professional burglar selected by Gandalf The burglar will need to see the configuration of Smaug's cave, especially the side door, before deciding anything Gandalf knows that Bilbo has reserves of courage and cleverness that he is not using, and will never use if he stays in his comfortable hole
- What classic mystery novels and stories led to the butler did it . . .
"The butler did it" is a common trope indicating a hackneyed solution to a mystery I have read several classic mysteries from the 1920s and earlier (Poe, Conan Doyle, Christie, Sayers, e
- meaning - What does nature mean in One touch of nature makes the . . .
Shakespeare explains the meaning of this line in the subsequent four lines: One touch of nature makes the whole world kin: That all with one consent praise new-born gauds Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o’er-dusted William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida, act III, scene 3 In this passage: “touch” means “a
- In 1984, did Julia ever reach room 101? If so, what was her worst fear?
Did Julia really betray Winston almost immediately? I think that what you call a revelation was, more likely, nothing more than a torturer's ploy ‘What have you done with Julia?’ said Winston O’Brien smiled again ‘She betrayed you, Winston Immediately — unreservedly I have seldom seen anyone come over to us so promptly You would hardly recognize her if you saw her All her
- short stories - Whats going on in Charlotte Riddells Old House in . . .
Maybe I'm looking too hard for meanings that aren't there, but can someone explain to me what's going on in Charlotte Riddell's Old House in Vauxhall Walk? How was the second burglar caught? What w
- poetry - What is the origin of this contradictory poem? - Literature . . .
With such a long history, it seems the best conclusion we can draw is that the idea of this poem has been around so long that it's pretty much a folk tradition It's been handed down from generation to generation, probably mostly orally, and has of course changed and mutated quite a lot over the last seven hundred years But trying to pin down an 'original author', for any particular version
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