The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings,

#1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Original Title: The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
ISBN: 0007124015
ISBN13: 9780007124015
Autor: J.R.R. Tolkien
Rating: 4.1 of 5 stars (1836) counts
Original Format: Paperback, 1546 pages
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Published: September 3rd 2001 / by Collins / (first published 1955)
Language: English
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Description:

Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this seven-volume paperback boxed set of Tolkien's epic
masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings is a collection to treasure.

Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power; the means by which he intends
to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring -- the ring that rules
them all -- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the
Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to
his care. He must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth
to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring
forever and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Discover the incredible epic journey of Frodo in a
celebratory seven-volume boxed set of fantasy classic, The Lord of the Rings.

About Author:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, WWI veteran (a First Lieutenant in
the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army), philologist, and university professor, best known as the
author of the high fantasy classic works and .
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and
Merton Professor of English language and literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of .
published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts,
including . These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of
tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world
called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the word
"legendarium" to the larger part of these writings.
While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has
caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literatureor more
precisely, high fantasy. Tolkien's writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had
a lasting effect on the entire field.
In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Forbes ranked him the 5th top-earning dead celebrity in 2009.
Religious influences
J.R.R. Tolkien, was born in South Africa in 1892, but his family moved to Britain when he was
about 3 years old. When Tolkien was 8 years old, his mother converted to Catholicism, and he
remained a Catholic throughout his life. In his last interview, two years before his death, he
unhesitatingly testified, Im a devout Roman Catholic.
Tolkien married his childhood sweetheart, Edith, and they had four children. He wrote them letters
each year as if from Santa Claus, and a selection of these was published in 1976 as . One of
Tolkiens sons became a Catholic priest. Tolkien was an advisor for the translation of the .
Tolkien once described The Lord of the Rings to his friend Robert Murray, an English Jesuit priest,
as "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work, unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the
revision." There are many theological themes underlying the narrative including the battle of good
versus evil, the triumph of humility over pride, and the activity of grace. In addition the saga
includes themes which incorporate death and immortality, mercy and pity, resurrection, salvation,
repentance, self-sacrifice, free will, justice, fellowship, authority and healing. In addition The Lord's
Prayer "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" was reportedly present in
Tolkien's mind as he described Frodo's struggles against the power of the "One Ring.''

Other Editions:

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- The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)

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- The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

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Rewiews:
Jan 08, 2013
mark monday
Rated it: it was amazing
Shelves: alpha-team
not a review and there probably won't be one any time soon. i also won't be climbing Mount
Everest in the near future. but here are some cool illustrations that i found and want to share.
World of the Ring by Jian Guo
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mark monday
they definitely are!

May 26, 2016 10:21PM

Tiffany Price
Wow. Beautiful

Feb 04, 2017 12:22AM