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* ''[[The Two Towers]]'' | * ''[[The Two Towers]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Return of the King]]''}} | * ''[[The Return of the King]]''}} | ||
| author = [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] | | author = [[wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien]] | ||
| country = United Kingdom | | country = United Kingdom | ||
| language = English | | language = English | ||
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* [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]] | * [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]] | ||
* [[Adventure novel|Adventure]]}} | * [[Adventure novel|Adventure]]}} | ||
| publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | | publisher = [[wikipedia:Allen & Unwin|Allen & Unwin]] | ||
| pub_date = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap| | | pub_date = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap| | ||
* 29 July 1954 (''The Fellowship of the Ring'') | * 29 July 1954 (''The Fellowship of the Ring'') | ||
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'''''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= | '''''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=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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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* {{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 |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}} | * {{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}} | ||
* [[Christopher Tolkien|Tolkien, Christopher]] (ed.) (1988–1992). ''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings]]'', 4 vols. | * [[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=[[The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays]] |date=1997 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-261-10263-7}} | * {{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}} | ||
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