The Lord Of The Rings
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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 by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
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About this book
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings first appeared in three volumes between 1954 and 1956: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. It is set in Middle-earth, a world given its own geography, peoples, and long history. At its centre is a plain gold ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron to control all other Rings of Power.
Lost for ages, the Ring came by chance to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and it passes from him to his young heir Frodo. Frodo leaves the Shire with a company called the Fellowship of the Ring: the wizard Gandalf, three other hobbits, a dwarf, an elf, a man of Gondor, and a tall ranger known as Strider. Their aim is Mordor, where the Ring can be unmade.
Tolkien worked as a philologist, a scholar of languages and old texts, and that training shaped the fiction. He built complete invented languages for his peoples, and the names, songs, and inscriptions in the book grow out of them. The story reaches beyond the central quest into the alliances and conflicts of many kingdoms, while Sauron's power spreads again across Middle-earth.
