The Lord of the Rings

Copertina rigida, 1147 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 13 Agosto 1994 da Houghton Mifflin Company.

ISBN:
978-0-7394-0825-4
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Numero OCLC:
54432689

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Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. A philologist and illustrator who took inspiration from his work, Tolkien invented the modern heroic quest novel from the ground up, creating not just a world, but a domain, not just a lexicon, but a language, that would spawn countless imitators and lead to the inception of the epic fantasy genre. Today, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is considered "the most influential fantasy novel ever written." (THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY)

During his travels across Middle-earth, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins had found the Ring. But the simple band of gold was far from ordinary; it was in fact the One Ring - the greatest of the ancient Rings of Power. Sauron, the Dark Lord, had infused it with his own evil magic, and when it was lost, he was forced to …

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A Classic that Simply Isn't for Me

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I'd like to note that there's nothing inherently wrong with this classic. Tolkien paved the way for high fantasy and has inspired so many phenomenal works of fiction, from novels to films to tabletop RPGs. But the narrative style of The Lord of the Rings is dry and was difficult to engage with after the hobbits left the Shire. I respect Tolkien and am certain my stories would be vastly different without his influence, but I'd much rather watch the condensed and visually striking films than slog through another thirty hours of text. I understand the draw and loyalty of Tolkien's biggest fans, he simply isn't for me. After struggling through the text for weeks, I finally called it at the 25% mark.

Don't Skip The Final Chapters

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If you are in need of a thoughtful, well written review of the three books constituting the Lord of the Rings trilogy, please look elsewhere. I decided to reread J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" for the fist time since I read the trilogy of books when I was in Junior High School some forty years ago. The blue, green and red paperback books purchased from a Scholastic Book Fair that first I read did not survive my many house moves in the intervening years. Much later, I had purchased a copy of the 1991 Special Edition beautifully illustrated by Alan Lee which sat on a bookshelf for several years until recently unread. When I finally did pull the heavy single volume down, I found it almost too heavy to hold in my lap to read. So I went out to my local used book store (Recycled Books in …

Review of 'Lord of the Rings Boxed Set' on 'Goodreads'

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È stato un lungo viaggio, ma anche a questa ennesima rilettura The Lord of the Rings ha saputo dirmi cose nuove: un po’ perché era la prima volta che lo leggevo in inglese e insieme a un’ottima guida come A Reader’s Companion; un po’ perché la me stessa di oggi ha accumulato esperienze che hanno gettato nuova luce su alcune parti.

Non vi sto a raccontare la bellezza di leggere proprio questa edizione (ci avevo già scritto un post un annetto fa e direi che è sufficiente come delirio da fan), ma aggiungerò che è un’edizione che vale l’acquisto se Tolkien vi piace proprio tanto. In particolare, A Reader’s Companion è pieno di informazioni che se non siete dellз patitз della Terra di Mezzo potrebbero narcotizzarvi e lanciare maledizione a quella blogger che vi ha fatto venire …

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