An edition of The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)

The Fellowship of the Ring

Authorized Canadian Edition, Second printing
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An edition of The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)

The Fellowship of the Ring

Authorized Canadian Edition, Second printing
  • 4.33 ·
  • 310 Ratings
  • 1126 Want to read
  • 73 Currently reading
  • 437 Have read

The Lord of the Rings is not a book to be described in a few sentences. It is an heroic romance - "something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale since spenser's 'Farie Queen,' so one can't praise the book by comparisons - there's nothing to compare it with. What can I say then?" Richard Hughes continues, "For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel, and it is nearly as remarkable for its vividness and for the narrative skill which carries the reader on, enthralled, for page after page."

The Fellowship of the Ring delineates the immense power of the One Ring and begins the extraordinary heroic tale of war and adventure which continues in The Two Towers and climxes in The Return of the King.
--back cover

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Publisher
Methuen
Language
English

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Edition Notes

Series
The Lord of the Rings, #1
Copyright Date
1966

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Format
Mass Market Paperback

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26449391M
ISBN 10
0458907502
ISBN 13
9780458907502
Goodreads
40114038

Work Description

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

“A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning.”—The New York Times

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

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This book is largely concerned with Hobbits, and from its pages a reader may discover much of their character and a little of their history.
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