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The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image
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The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth - home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of ths world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis - a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms.

About the Author


J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Praise For…


"Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." -- C.S. Lewis

"Destined to outlast our time." The New York Herald-Tribune

"Exciting... Mr. Tolkien's invention is unflagging" -- W.H. Auden
Product Details
ISBN: 9780618574940
ISBN-10: 0618574948
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Date: June 1st, 2005
Pages: 544
Language: English
Series: The Lord of the Rings