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Christopher Paolini's Speech
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“The dragon Saphira roared, and the soldiers before her quailed. "With me!" shouted Eragon. He lifted Brisingr over his head, holding it aloft for all to see. The blue sword flashed bright and iridescent, stark against the wall of black clouds building in the west.”
Welcome to The Shoulders of Giants. I am Oliver Hill, Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Cambridge here to discuss the works of Christopher Paolini and why he should be inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame. Christopher Paolini, is a fantasy writer well known from his bestselling book, Eragon. In 1983, Christopher Paolini was born in an isolated part of Montana, America, and started writing Eragon when he was fifteen years of age. The self-published
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