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issued a statement that the "Tolkien estate would be best advised to avoid any specific association with the films", Simon
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communities, class distinctions, and home front experiences of World War I. Simon
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and other media in which he discussed his strained relationship with his father, describing it as a permanent breach; however, they subsequently reconciled.
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battle. The novel follows the life of a poor
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