num_pages: 1200
description: Celebrating the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien, this centenary edition of the classic volume is illustrated with fifty specially commissioned paintings by an artist whose vision matches Tolkien's own. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. 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. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. 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. 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.
language: English
title: The Lord of the Rings
titlecomplete: The Lord of the Rings
characters: Éowyn, Arwen Undómiel, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Saruman, Elrond Half-elven, Galadriel, Gollum, Treebeard, Boromir, Aragorn, Frodo Baggins, Éomer, Faramir, Legolas, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Peregrin Took, Sam Gamgee, Gimli
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Epic Fantasy, Literature, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 657341
places: Middle-earth
series: The Lord of the Rings
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best All-Time Series, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: -410198400000
name: International Fantasy Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Nynorsk litteraturpris
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company