Perhaps, but watching closely my more spontaneous reactions and half-conscious thoughts, I can't help thinking that I too have a share in the part of human nature that is inclining towards evil.

BBC: Read with us on World Book Day

"The Hobbit" is a brilliantly constructed story, unfolding themes that remain all too relevant to the modern world: the nature of evil, the significance of human choice, the corrupting power of greed and the ease with which good people can be drawn into destructive conflict.

WSJ: The Grown-Up Pleasures of 'The Hobbit'

Is it surprising that in those depths we again found only human qualities which in their very nature were a mixture of good and evil?

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