The Lord of the Rings

by Tolkien, J. R. R.

• ISBN13: 9780618645619
• ISBN10: 0618645616
• Edition: 50th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: Houghton Miff

Summary

For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written. No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends. And no one has created characters as endearing as Tolkien's large-hearted, hairy-footed hobbits. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings continues to seize the imaginations of readers of all ages, and this new three-volume paperback edition is designed to appeal to the youngest of them.

Author Biography

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.

Table of Contents

NOTE ON THE TEXT	xi
NOTE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION	xviii
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION	xxii
PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters	1	(20)
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
BOOK ONE
I A Long-expected Party	21	(21)
II The Shadow of the Past	42	(23)
III Three is Company	65	(21)
IV A Short Cut to Mushrooms	86	(12)
V A Conspiracy Unmasked	98	(11)
VI The Old Forest	109	(14)
VII In the House of Tom Bombadil	123	(12)
VIII Fog on the Barrow-downs	135	(14)
IX At the Sign of The Prancing Pony	149	(14)
X Strider	163	(13)
XI A Knife in the Dark	176	(21)
XII Flight to the Ford	197	(22)
BOOK TWO
I Many Meetings	219	(20)
II The Council of Elrond	239	(33)
III The Ring Goes South	272	(23)
IV A Journey in the Dark	295	(26)
V The Bridge of Khazad-dûm	321	(12)
VI Lothlórien	333	(20)
VII The Mirror of Galadriel	353	(14)
VIII Farewell to Lórien	367	(13)
IX The Great River	380	(15)
X The Breaking of the Fellowship	395	(18)
THE TWO TOWERS
BOOK THREE
I The Departure of Boromir	413	(8)
II The Riders of Rohan	421	(23)
III The Uruk-hai	444	(17)
IV Treebeard	461	(27)
V The White Rider	488	(18)
VI The King of the Golden Hall	506	(20)
VII Helm's Deep	526	(17)
VIII The Road to Isengard	543	(17)
IX Flotsam and Jetsam	560	(16)
X The Voice of Saruman	576	(12)
XI The Palantir	588	(15)
BOOK FOUR
I The Taming of Sméagol	603	(17)
II The Passage of the Marshes	620	(16)
III The Black Gate is Closed	636	(12)
IV Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit	648	(15)
V The Window on the West	663	(20)
VI The Forbidden Pool	683	(11)
VII Journey to the Cross-roads	694	(9)
VIII The Stairs of Cirith Ungol	703	(14)
IX Shelob's Lair	717	(11)
X The Choices of Master Samwise	728	(19)
THE RETURN OF THE KING
BOOK FIVE
I Minas Tirith	747	(26)
II The Passing of the Grey Company	773	(18)
III The Muster of Rohan	791	(15)
IV The Siege of Gondor	806	(24)
V The Ride of the Rohirrim	830	(9)
VI The Battle of the Pelennor Fields	839	(11)
VII The Pyre of Denethor	850	(8)
VIII The Houses of Healing	858	(14)
IX The Last Debate	872	(11)
X The Black Gate Opens	883	(14)
BOOK SIX
I The Tower of Cirith Ungol	897	(19)
II The Land of Shadow	916	(17)
III Mount Doom	933	(15)
IV The Field of Cormallen	948	(10)
V The Steward and the King	958	(16)
VI Many Partings	974	(15)
VII Homeward Bound	989	(9)
VIII The Scouring of the Shire	998	(23)
IX The Grey Havens	1021	(12)
APPENDICES
A ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS	1033	(49)
I The Númenórean Kings	1033	(30)
II The House of Eorl	1063	(8)
III Durin's Folk	1071	(11)
B THE TALE OF YEARS (CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTLANDS)	1082	(17)
C FAMILY TREES (HOBBITS)	1099	(7)
D CALENDARS	1106	(7)
E WRITING AND SPELLING	1113	(14)
I Pronunciation of Words and Names	1113	(4)
II Writing	1117	(10)
F
I The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age	1127	(6)
II On Translation	1133
INDEXES
I Poems and Songs	1140	(1)
II Poems and Phrases in Languages Other Than Common Speech	1141	(1)
III Persons, Places and Things	1141