One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn 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. … lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron’s fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.
When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: 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.
The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
This new edition includes the fiftieth-anniversary fully corrected text setting and, for the first time, an extensive new index.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but while he studied classic works of the past, he was creating a set of his own.
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LOTR is a classic fantasy but make sure you read The Hobbit first. A fine lead in to the LOTR. Definitely a must read for all Fantasy Novel fans
Get serious, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are epic masterpieces. Forget the movies and read the books!
Favorite book ever!!!
the classic you have to read as it is better than the movie
This has always been the book against which I measure all other books.
What can I add to everything that’s been said about this amazing story? Only that this book truly changed my life. That’s a bit of commonplace hyperbole, but since I first read it when I was fourteen and I’m now in my fifties, in my case I can state it as fact. My world has …
I have read this trilogy three times and each time I find something new. It takes you out of this world of normal routine and puts you in a world of incredible adventures and memorable characters.
Every leaf gets described. A lot of characters to track.
This will always be a classic trilogy. Tolkien is an amazing author to have created such an incredible world.
Simply GREAT!
Simply the standard for fantasy.
A classic!
My favorite all time books. I first read them in the early 60’s then 5 more times during my lifetime and discovered a new story theme and nuance and insight into the characters each time.
If you have to ask this question, I have to ask you, “Can you read?” The real question is how many times have you read this and have you read all of the rest of his Middle Earth books.
I first read this series in the 60’s when I was in the navy. Have read them several more times since then. They’re that good.
One of my favorites
Epic fantasy
Tolkien is an amazing writer. Wish there were more of his books.
A classic, must-read.
I read this book many years ago–the late 1960s – 1970s. I loved it then and love it now. The story is so well written and you feel as though you are there. I don’t get immersed in many books, but I was taken on these quests along with these characters. I saw what they saw and felt what they felt. Long after I finished reading, I felt like I …
Four instead of five stars because no matter how good a book is it should never start to feel long. If one feels like it’s reading is long it risks turning into a chore. As they say time flys when your having fun.
That said I’ve no other criticism although I’ve always preferred the hobbit.