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The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;is an&nbsp;epic&nbsp;high fantasy&nbsp;novel written by English&nbsp;philologist&nbsp;andUniversity of
Oxford&nbsp;professor&nbsp;J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex
children's fantasy novel&nbsp;The Hobbit&nbsp;(1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written
in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it duringWorld War II.]&nbsp;It is the&nbsp;third best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. 

The title of the novel refers to the story's main&nbsp;antagonist, the Dark Lord&nbsp;Sauron, who had in an earlier age&nbsp;created the One Ring&nbsp;to rule the other&nbsp;Rings of Power&nbsp;as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of&nbsp;Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in theShire, a&nbsp;Hobbit&nbsp;land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across
north-west Middle-earth, following the course of the&nbsp;War of the Ring&nbsp;through the eyes of its characters, notably the hobbits&nbsp;Frodo Baggins,&nbsp;Samwise "Sam" Gamgee,&nbsp;Meriadoc
"Merry" Brandybuckand&nbsp;Peregrin "Pippin"
Took, but also the hobbits' chief
allies and travelling companions:Aragorn, a Human&nbsp;Ranger;&nbsp;Boromir, a man from&nbsp;Gondor;&nbsp;Gimli, a&nbsp;Dwarf&nbsp;warrior;&nbsp;Legolas, an Elven prince; and&nbsp;Gandalf, a Wizard.

The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one
volume of a two-volume set, with the other being&nbsp;The Silmarillion, but this idea was dismissed by his publisher.[4][5]&nbsp;It was decided for economic reasons to publish&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;as three volumes over the course of a
year from 21 July 1954 to October 1955, thus creating the now familiar&nbsp;Lord of the Ringstrilogy.&nbsp;The three volumes were entitled&nbsp;The Fellowship of the Ring,&nbsp;The Two Towers, and&nbsp;The Return of
the King. Structurally, the
novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several
appendices of background material included at the end of the third volume.&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has since been reprinted numerous
times and&nbsp;translated into many languages.

Tolkien's work has been the subject of&nbsp;extensive analysis of its themes&nbsp;and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the
last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917, in a process
he described as&nbsp;mythopoeia.&nbsp;Influences on this
earlier work, and on the story of&nbsp;The
Lord of the Rings, include philology, mythology, religion and the author's
distaste for the effects of&nbsp;industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien's experiences in&nbsp;World War I.&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;in its turn is considered to have had
a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's works is such that
the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" has
been recorded in the&nbsp;Oxford English Dictionary. 

The enduring popularity of&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has led to numerous references in
popular culture, the founding of many societies by&nbsp;fans of Tolkien's works,&nbsp;and the publication of
many books about Tolkien and his works.&nbsp;The
Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has&nbsp;inspired, and continues to inspire, artwork, music, films and television,&nbsp;video games, and subsequent literature. Award-winning&nbsp;adaptations of&nbsp;The
Lord of the Ringshave been made for&nbsp;radio,&nbsp;theatre, and&nbsp;film.&nbsp;




The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;is an&nbsp;epic&nbsp;high fantasy&nbsp;novel written by English&nbsp;philologist&nbsp;andUniversity of
Oxford&nbsp;professor&nbsp;J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex
children's fantasy novel&nbsp;The Hobbit&nbsp;(1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written
in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it duringWorld War II.]&nbsp;It is the&nbsp;third best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. 

The title of the novel refers to the story's main&nbsp;antagonist, the Dark Lord&nbsp;Sauron, who had in an earlier age&nbsp;created the One Ring&nbsp;to rule the other&nbsp;Rings of Power&nbsp;as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of&nbsp;Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in theShire, a&nbsp;Hobbit&nbsp;land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across
north-west Middle-earth, following the course of the&nbsp;War of the Ring&nbsp;through the eyes of its characters, notably the hobbits&nbsp;Frodo Baggins,&nbsp;Samwise "Sam" Gamgee,&nbsp;Meriadoc
"Merry" Brandybuckand&nbsp;Peregrin "Pippin"
Took, but also the hobbits' chief
allies and travelling companions:Aragorn, a Human&nbsp;Ranger;&nbsp;Boromir, a man from&nbsp;Gondor;&nbsp;Gimli, a&nbsp;Dwarf&nbsp;warrior;&nbsp;Legolas, an Elven prince; and&nbsp;Gandalf, a Wizard.

The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one
volume of a two-volume set, with the other being&nbsp;The Silmarillion, but this idea was dismissed by his publisher.[4][5]&nbsp;It was decided for economic reasons to publish&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;as three volumes over the course of a
year from 21 July 1954 to October 1955, thus creating the now familiar&nbsp;Lord of the Ringstrilogy.&nbsp;The three volumes were entitled&nbsp;The Fellowship of the Ring,&nbsp;The Two Towers, and&nbsp;The Return of
the King. Structurally, the
novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several
appendices of background material included at the end of the third volume.&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has since been reprinted numerous
times and&nbsp;translated into many languages.

Tolkien's work has been the subject of&nbsp;extensive analysis of its themes&nbsp;and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the
last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917, in a process
he described as&nbsp;mythopoeia.&nbsp;Influences on this
earlier work, and on the story of&nbsp;The
Lord of the Rings, include philology, mythology, religion and the author's
distaste for the effects of&nbsp;industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien's experiences in&nbsp;World War I.&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;in its turn is considered to have had
a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's works is such that
the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" has
been recorded in the&nbsp;Oxford English Dictionary. 

The enduring popularity of&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has led to numerous references in
popular culture, the founding of many societies by&nbsp;fans of Tolkien's works,&nbsp;and the publication of
many books about Tolkien and his works.&nbsp;The
Lord of the Rings&nbsp;has&nbsp;inspired, and continues to inspire, artwork, music, films and television,&nbsp;video games, and subsequent literature. Award-winning&nbsp;adaptations of&nbsp;The
Lord of the Ringshave been made for&nbsp;radio,&nbsp;theatre, and&nbsp;film.&nbsp;