Fellowship of the Ring

#1 Lord of the Rings

J R R Tolkien

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Houghton Mifflin
03 March 1988

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fantasy; Epic Fantasy

Series: Lord of the Rings

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.

By: J R R Tolkien
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780395489314
ISBN 10: 0395489318
Series: Lord of the Rings
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 March 1988
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Fellowship of the Ring (#1 Lord of the Rings)

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