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
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
Middle-grade or YA book with a very smart teenager It's Alfie McQuinn, the notorious cat burglar, and he's dying As sirens wail in the distance, Alfie manages to get out two last words to his young son, March: "Find jewels "
poetry - Why in the midst of alarms in William Cowpers poem The . . . Specifically, the word "alarms" seems like a strange choice from a modern point of view: nowadays, it gives an impression of cacophonous noise (alarm clocks, car alarms, burglar alarms), but at the time of Cowper's writing, perhaps it was more commonly used, even as a count noun, in the sense of a feeling of danger
Tumbleweed - Badge - Literature Stack Exchange 80s-90s Female Cat Burglar accepts only Sapphires as payment Awarded Nov 7, 2018 at 0:30 NJohnny 31922 silver badges1212 bronze badges (post deleted or otherwise unavailable) Awarded Oct 25, 2018 at 22:15 sanpaco 53644 silver badges1818 bronze badges Historical Romance Fantasy: Orphan Girl with Magic becomes ward of a mage Awarded Oct 20, 2018