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Line 14: * ''[[The Two Towers]]'' * ''[[The Return of the King]]''}} \| author = [[wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien\|J. R. R. Tolkien]] \| country = United Kingdom \| language = English Line 20: * [[Fantasy novel\|Fantasy]] * [[Adventure novel\|Adventure]]}} \| publisher = [[wikipedia:Allen & Unwin\|Allen & Unwin]] \| pub_date = {{Plainlist\|class=nowrap\| * 29 July 1954 (''The Fellowship of the Ring'') Line 31: }} '''''The Lord of the Rings''''' is an [[wikipedia:Epic (genre)\|epic]]<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic \|work=Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England \|last=Chance \|first=Jane <!--Nitzsche, at that time--> \|authorlink=~~[[wikipedia:~~Jane Chance~~\|Jane Chance]]~~ \|publisher=Macmillan \|year=1980 \|origyear=1979 \|isbn=0333290348 \|pp=97–127}}</ref> [[wikipedia:high-fantasy\|high-fantasy]] novel{{efn\|[[wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien\|J. R. R. Tolkien]] did not like it when the word "novel" was used to describe his works, but the term is commonly applied. He preferred the phrase "heroic romance".<ref group=T>{{harvnb\|Carpenter\|1981\|loc=letter #329 to Peter Szabo Szentmihalyi, October 1971}}</ref>}} by the English author and scholar [[wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien\|J. R. R. Tolkien]]. Set in [[wikipedia:Middle-earth\|Middle-earth]], the world at some distant time in the past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book ''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit\|The Hobbit]]'', but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, ''The Lord of the Rings'' is one of the [[wikipedia:List of best-selling books\|best-selling books ever written]]<!--See Talk Page-there is no definitive list of best-sellers-->, with over 150 million copies sold.<ref name="thestar">{{cite web \|last=Wagner \|first=Vit \|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/203389 \|title=Tolkien proves he's still the king \|work=[[wikipedia:Toronto Star\|Toronto Star]] \|date=16 April 2007 \|accessdate=8 March 2011\|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309035210/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/203389 \|archivedate=9 March 2011}}</ref> The title names the story's main [[wikipedia:antagonist\|antagonist]], the [[wikipedia:Dark Lord\|Dark Lord]] [[wikipedia:Sauron\|Sauron]], who had in an earlier age created the [[wikipedia:One Ring\|One Ring]] to rule the other [[wikipedia:Rings of Power\|Rings of Power]] as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of [[wikipedia:Middle-earth\|Middle-earth]]. From homely beginnings in [[wikipedia:the Shire\|the Shire]], a [[wikipedia:hobbit\|hobbit]] land reminiscent of the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the quest mainly through the eyes of the hobbits [[wikipedia:Frodo Baggins\|Frodo]], [[wikipedia:Samwise Gamgee\|Sam]], [[wikipedia:Meriadoc Brandybuck\|Merry]] and [[wikipedia:Peregrin Took\|Pippin]]. Line 132: * {{cite book \|last=Drout \|first=Michael D. C. \|title=J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia \|year=2006 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-415-96942-0 \|author-link=Michael Drout\|title-link=J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia}} * {{cite book \|last1=Hammond \|first1=Wayne G. \|author-link=Wayne G. Hammond \|last2=Scull \|first2=Christina \|author2-link=Christina Scull \|title=The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion \|year=2005 \|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co. \|isbn=978-0-00-720907-1 \|title-link=The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion}} * [[wikipedia:Christopher Tolkien\|Tolkien, Christopher]] (ed.) (1988–1992). ''[[wikipedia:The History of The Lord of the Rings\|The History of The Lord of the Rings]]'', 4 vols. * {{cite book \|last=Tolkien \|first=J. R. R. \|author-link=J. R. R. Tolkien \|title=[[wikipedia:The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays\|The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays]] \|date=1997 \|publisher=HarperCollins \|isbn=978-0-261-10263-7}} ==External links== Line 141: * [http://www.tolkien.co.uk Tolkien website of Harper Collins] (the British publisher) * [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/ Tolkien website of Houghton Mifflin] (the American publisher) * [http://sf-encyclopedia.uk/fe.php?nm=lord_of_the_rings_the Lord of the Rings, The] at the [[wikipedia:The Encyclopedia of Fantasy\|Encyclopedia of Fantasy]]