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The Return of the King

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An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Authorized Edition, Dolphin Edition, American Edition

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  • ★★★★ 4.4 (86 ratings) ·
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  • 183 Have read

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.

A STATEMENT FROM THE AUTHOR ABOUT THIS AMERICAN EDITION "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other." JRR Tolkien

--back cover

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Ballantine Books
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English
Pages
544

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Elves, Hobbits, The Lord of the Rings, hope, fear, magic, Fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fantastic fiction, Textual Criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Chinese language materials, Adventure, Fantasy fiction, Frodo Baggins (Fictional character), Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Translations into French, Children's fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Wizards, Large type books, Spanish language edition, Roman, Français (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Bolsón, Frodo (Personaje literario), Novela, Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario), Historia de aventuras, Novela fantástica, Literatura inglesa, Novela inglesa, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, fantasy, general

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Aragorn, Elendil, Dwarves, Frodo Baggins, The Dunedain, Gandalf, Sauron, Pippin, Meriadoc, Umbar, Denethor, Boromir, Faramir, Saruman, Legolas, Gimli, Beregond, Eorl, King Théoden, Gollum, Shelob, Rosie Cotton, Gríma, Bombadil, Shadowfax, Éomer, Merry, Éowyn, Samwise, Arwen, Elrond

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Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Barad-dur, Minas Tirith, Lorien, Erebor, Middle Earth, Edoras, Isengard, Fangorn Forest, Mordor, Gondor, Rohan, Ithilien, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Rivendell, the Shire, Bree, Bag End

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The End of the Third Age

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2022, Minotauro
mass market paperback in Spanish
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
2003, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - First Ballantine Books edition (131); movie tie-in
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王者再臨: 王者再臨
2001, 聯經
in Chinese - Chu ban
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1997?, HarperCollins
in English
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books edition (136)
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1989-10, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 50th Anniversary Authorized Edition; 1st Ballantine Books edition, 5th printing
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1984-04, Ballantine Books
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The return of the king
1973-03, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized edition, Thirty-sixth printing
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-01, Ballantine Books
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The Return of the King
1966-10, Ballantine Books
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Seventh printing
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Published in
New York, USA
Series
The Lord of the Rings, #3
Copyright Date
1965

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
544

ID Numbers

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OL26435280M
OCLC/WorldCat
404271027
Goodreads
18522673

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THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.


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