num_pages: 423
description: 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 this 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.
language: English
title: The Fellowship of the Ring
titlecomplete: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
characters: Saruman, Sam Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Aragorn, Legolas, Goldberry, Peregrin Took, Arwen Undómiel, Bilbo Baggins, Galadriel, Gimli, Gollum, Tom Bombadil, Elrond Half-elven, Gandalf, Boromir, Rúmil
genres: Audiobook, High Fantasy, Novels, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Epic Fantasy
ratings_count: 2735414
places: Middle-earth
series: The Lord of the Rings
awards: awardedAt: 1641024000000
name: British Book Award
category: Audiobook: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek
publisher: Houghton Mifflin