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Mentioned as an example of the idealized rural England/Arcadia that Metroland represented, comparing the pastoral vision being sold to suburban homebuyers to the imagery in this classic book.

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Referenced alongside The Wind in the Willows as another example of the idealized rural England being created and consumed by urban people during the same period as Metroland's development.

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Mentioned as Tolkien's later work that also embodies the same idealized rural England vision that Metroland was selling to suburban homebuyers.

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Explicitly referenced as a book they've mentioned before on the podcast, discussing the intellectual turn against the masses at the beginning of the 20th century, and how intellectuals disliked suburban culture emblematic of Metroland.