The Lord of the Rings
A hobbit inherits a world-ending burden and must join a perilous quest to destroy a power-seeking ring.
First published 2001 · Middle Earth
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Story
A dark power seeks a ring that can help him dominate Middle-earth, and the ring has fallen into the hands of a hobbit in the Shire. When that burden passes to Frodo Baggins, he must leave home and enter a vast, dangerous world beyond his understanding.
Frodo’s journey gathers companions and allies as the struggle against evil spreads across multiple lands. The narrative follows travel, danger, tests of loyalty, and the growing pressure of the Ring’s power, with the Fellowship’s bonds and fractures shaping the quest.
As the story unfolds, the scale broadens from a small domestic world to an epic conflict over the fate of Middle-earth. The quest moves toward the destruction of the Ring and the effort to prevent the dark lord’s triumph, while the cost of resisting power becomes increasingly central.
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- Authors
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- First published
- 2001
- Genres
- Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction
- Subjects
- The Lord of the Rings · Fiction · Ficción · English Fantasy fiction · Ficción fantástica inglesa · Fantasy fiction · Open Library Staff Picks · Middle Earth (Imaginary place) · Fiction, fantasy, epic · Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction · Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction · Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction · British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) · English literature · Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character) · Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction · Fiction, fantasy, general · English language · Fiction, media tie-in · Gift books · Quests (Expeditions) · Wizards · Terre du Milieu (Lieu imaginaire) · Romans, nouvelles · Quête · Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J.R.R.) · Филологические науки. Художественная литература -- Великобритания -- Английская литература -- с 1945 г. -- Произведения художественной литературы -- Художественная проза -- Романы. Повести. Рассказы -- Фантастические и мистические романы, повести, рассказы. Романы ужасов · Baggins, frodo · Middle earth (imaginary place)--fiction · Fantasy fiction, english · Pr6039.o32 l6 2005 · 823/.912 · Fiction in English · Hobbits (Fictitious characters) · Hobbits (Personnages fictifs) · Telephone directories
- ISBN-13
- 9780563528883
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