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The Fellowship of the Ring - The Lord of the Rings, Part 1 Author: J.R.R. Tolkien 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 moder...  more »n 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.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780395489314 ISBN-10: 0395489318 Publication Date: 3/1988 Pages: 432 Rating: Currently 4.6/5 Stars.  25 4.6 stars, based on 25 ratings Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Book Type: Hardcover Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD Members Wishing: 18 Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

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