Then read the LOTR again, understood alot better. It is the book that shows the beginning and is a help in understanding this novel. You will be quite surprised.Īnd also, recommend the Silmarillion. It may be fantasy, but it is really true to life also. Tolkien has definitely written a classic and I still can't believe I never heard of it. There were changes, but not to the extent it changed the meaning of the story. Everytime I run out of a book I pick it up and start where I left off. It is one of those books that is hard to put down. How the most different of people can turn to be friends and respect one anyone. It shows us how just one person, or in this case a hobbit can make a differnce in our world. It has so many moral phrases and values that I never realized till I read it the second time. Without going into the whole story line, I found the characters most interesting. I finally gave in, and thought I might as well get the complete novel and found that I just love it. She was persistent that I get the book, then go see the movie with her. My young co-worker was shocked that I have never read or heard of it.

And then the Fellowship of the Ring came out. I have this book, with all 3 complete novels. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest - to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.įrom his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. 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. Tolkien drew on his extensive knowledge of folklore and the classics to create the worlds and creatures described in the trilogy, which includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, an. A brotherhood of 'hobbits,' elves, dwarves, and people is formed to combat evil forces. Saga of a group heroes who set forth to save their world from evil.

Hardcover lord of the rings trilogy