'Battle and war!' said Gandalf. 'Ride on!'
An edition of The Lord of the Rings
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The Lord of the Rings
1965 edition; Centenary Edition
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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This special edition of the Lord of the Rings celebrates the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien with fifty paintings specially commissioned from the noted English artist Alan Lee.
Since its first publication in the 1950s, The Lord of the Rings has been accepted as a unique creation, becoming, as Tolkien envisioned, one of the living 'myths' of the English-speaking peoples.
In this one volume the three parts of The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King are enhanced by the work of a dedicated artist whose vision matches Tolkien's own.
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring to rule all the others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and remained lost until after many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo, and was then bequeathed to his young nephew Frodo. The Lord of the Rings tells of the quest undertaken by Frodo together with the fellowship of the ring: Gandalf the wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam the hobbits, Gimli the dwarf, Legolas the elf, Boromir mand of Gondor, and a tall mysterious stranger called Strider.
Their quest was perilous to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
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The Lord of the Rings, Fiction, Ficción, English Fantasy fiction, Ficción fantástica inglesa, Fantasy fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, English language, Fiction, media tie-in, Gift books, Quests (Expeditions), Wizards, Terre du Milieu (Lieu imaginaire), Romans, nouvelles, Quête, Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J.R.R.), Филологические науки. Художественная литература -- Великобритания -- Английская литература -- с 1945 г. -- Произведения художественной литературы -- Художественная проза -- Романы. Повести. Рассказы -- Фантастические и мистические романы, повести, рассказы. Романы ужасов, Baggins, frodo, Middle earth (imaginary place)--fiction, Fantasy fiction, english, Pr6039.o32 l6 2005, 823/.912People
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Pt. 1. The fellowship of the ring --
pt. 2. The two towers --
pt. 3. The return of the king.
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Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. A philologist and illustrator who took inspiration from his work, Tolkien invented the modern heroic quest novel from the ground up, creating not just a world, but a domain, not just a lexicon, but a language, that would spawn countless imitators and lead to the inception of the epic fantasy genre. Today, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is considered "the most influential fantasy novel ever written." (THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY)
During his travels across Middle-earth, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins had found the Ring. But the simple band of gold was far from ordinary; it was in fact the One Ring - the greatest of the ancient Rings of Power. Sauron, the Dark Lord, had infused it with his own evil magic, and when it was lost, he was forced to flee into hiding.
But now Sauron's exile has ended and his power is spreading anew, fueled by the knowledge that his treasure has been found. He has gathered all the Great Rings to him, and will stop at nothing to reclaim the One that will complete his dominion. The only way to stop him is to cast the Ruling Ring deep into the Fire-Mountain at the heart of the land of Mordor--Sauron's dark realm.
Fate has placed the burden in the hands of Frodo Baggins, Bilbo's heir...and he is resolved to bear it to its end. Or his own.
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