The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #01)
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780618002221 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power except one — the One Ring that rules them all — which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task when Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
Review:
"Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." C. S. Lewis
Review:
"Exciting...Tolkien's invention is unflagging." W. H. Auden
Synopsis:
Elves, dwarves, hobbits, and men are caught in the spell of an evilring that corrupts, in this classic Tolkien bestseller. Maps.
About the Author
'J.R.R. Tolkien (18921973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, 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 even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.'
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780618002221
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Notes:
Anderson, Douglas A.
- Author:
- Author:
- Location:
- Boston :
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by
- Subject:
- Fantasy - General
- Subject:
- Fantasy - Series
- Subject:
- Fantasy - Epic
- Subject:
- Middle earth (Imaginary place)
- Subject:
- Adventure fiction
- Subject:
- Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character)
- Copyright:
- 1999
- Edition Number:
- 2nd ed.
- Edition Description:
- Paperback
- Series:
- Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien (Paperback)
- Series Volume:
- 02
- Publication Date:
- September 1999
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 8.35x5.65x1.09 in. .94 lbs.










