The Return of the Shadow

The Return of the Shadow is the sixth volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, and the initial volume of the sub-series The History of The Lord of the Rings.
==Synopsis== 
The book begins with the initial compositions of J.R.R. Tolkien's early Lord of the Rings drafts, and goes through to the passage of the Mines of Moria. 
The opening inscription of the volume reads: "In the Return of the Shadow are traced the first forms of the story of the Lord of the Rings; herein the journey of the Hobbit who bore the Great Ring, at first named Bilbo but afterwards Frodo, is followed from Hobbiton in the Shire through the Old Forest to Weathertop and Rivendell, and ends in this volume before the Tomb of Balin, the Dwarf-lord of Moria."
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Terugkeer van die Skaduwee
Albanian 	Kthimi i Hijes
Amharic 	ጥላዎች ተመልሰዋል
Arabic 	عودة المو ظل
Armenian 	Ստվերները վերադառնում են
Azerbaijani 	Kölgələr qayıdır
Basque 	Itzalak itzulera
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вяртанне цень
Bengali 	শ্যাডো এর রিটার্ন
Bosnian 	Povratak sjenka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Завръщането на Сянката
Cambodian 	ត្រឡប់មកវិញស្រមោល
Catalan 	El retorn de l'Ombra
Cebuano 	Ang Pagbalik sa Anino
Chinese 	阴影的回归
Croatian 	Povratak sjene
Czech 	Návrat stínu
Danish 	Skyggen vender tilbage
Dutch 	De terugkeer van de schaduw
Esperanto 	La Reveno de la Ombro
Estonian 	Varjud tagasitulek
Filipino 	Ang pagbabalik ng mga Anino
Finnish 	Varjot paluu
French 	Le retour de l'ombre
Galician 	O retorno do Sombra
Georgian 	წყვდიადის დაბრუნება
German 	Die Rückkehr des Schatten
Greek 	Η Επιστροφή της Σκιάς
Gujarati 	છાયા ના વળતર
Hausa 	Da Komawa na Inuwa
Hebrew 	שובו של הצל
Hindi 	रिटर्न ऑफ़ द छाया
Hungarian 	A Árnyék visszatér
Icelandic 	Skuggi er aftur
Igbo 	Nloghachi nke onyinyo
Indonesian 	Kembalinya bayangan
Italian 	Il ritorno del Ombra
Latin 	Regressus umbra
Latvian 	Ēnu atgriešanās
Lithuanian 	Šešėlio sugrįžimas
Japanese 	影の帰還
Kannada 	ಶಾಡೋಸ್ ಮರಳುತ್ತದೆ
Kazakh 	Көлеңкелері оралуы (Cyrillic) Köleñkeleri oralwı (Latin)
Kurdish 	Şadiyan vegerr (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Көлөкөлөр кайра
Laotian 	ການກັບຄືນຂອງເງົາ
Latvian 	Ēnas atgriešanās
Lithuanian 	Šešėlis grįžti
Luxembourgish 	D'Zréck vun der Schied
Macedonian Cyrillic	Враќањето на Сенка
Malagasy 	Ny Fiverenan' ilay Tandindona
Malaysian 	Kembalinya bayangan
Marathi 	सावली परत येतात
Maltese 	Ir-Ritorn tad-dell
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Сүүдэрүүд буцаж ирнэ
Norwegian 	Skyggene retur
Occitan 	Lo retorn del Ombra
Pashto 	تیاره بیرته راستنیږي
Persian 	بازگشت سایه
Polish 	Powrót cienia
Portuguese 	O Retorno do Sombra
Punjabi 	ਸ਼ੈਡੋ ਦੀ ਵਾਪਸੀ
Romanian 	Întoarcerea umbrei
Russian 	Возвращение Тени
Scottish Gaelic 	An Tilleadh de na sgàile
Serbian 	Повратак сјене (Cyrillic) Povratak sjene (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සෙවනැල්ල නැවත පැමිණීම
Slovak 	Návrat tieňa
Slovenian 	Vrnitev sence
Spanish 	El retorno del Sombra
Swahili 	Kurudi ya kivuli
Swedish 	Skuggor återvänder
Tamil 	நிழல் மீண்டும்
Telugu 	నీడ తిరిగి
Thai 	เงามืดที่หวนคืน
Turkish 	Gölgenin Dönüşü
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Повернення Тіні
Urdu 	سایہ کی واپسی
Uzbek 	Соялар қайтади (Cyrillic) Soyalar qaytadi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Sự trở lại của các Bóng tối
Welsh 	Y Dychwelyd y cysgodol
Yiddish 	דער צוריקקער פון די שאָטן
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