The Fellowship of the Ring

Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings, part 1

Mass Market Paperback

English language

Published Sept. 13, 1969 by Ballantine Books.

OCLC Number:
844036660

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5 stars (2 reviews)

IN LITTLE over ten years, J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy "The Lord of the Rings" has passed from the discovery of a small cult to become one of the treasured and most widely read novels of an entire generation.

The Fellowship of the Ring — first of the three books that comprise the complete story—tells of the fateful power of the One Ring, and begins the magnificent tale of war and adventure which is continued in The Tvo Towers and reaches its mighty climax in The Return of the King. --back cover

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4 stars

"The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien is the kind of book rich in details that one can find themselves getting lost in. Imaginative, magical, engrossing, and brilliantly constructed, the individual text is part of a larger novel title "Lord of the Rings" which is a amazing work of the imagination which often overshadows what is sometimes slow pacing and one-dimensional characters.

One is struck by the level of detail Tolkien put into creating his literary world. The details are so well drawn and defined and the background so deep that one often forgets that they are reading a work of fiction and not a long-lost history or legend. This is where Tolkien's background as a linguist and folklorist really shines, utilizing standard folkloric techniques and creates rich languages for his text.

"Fellowship" follows the story of Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who inherited a mysterious golden ring from his …