The Lord of the Rings
Frae Wikipedia
Cover design for the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings | |
Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Released | 1954 and 1955 |
Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 1216 pp |
ISBN | NA |
Preceded by | The Hobbit |
The Lord of the Rings is an epic hie fantasy novelle written by Inglis academic J. R. R. Tolkien. The story begoud as a sequel tae Tolkien's afore gaun fantasy beuk The Hobbit an suin a hale bit lairger story. It wis written in stages atween 1937 an 1949, wi a guid bit o it bein shaped durin Warld War II.[1] It wis oreeginally setten furth in three vollums in 1954 an 1955 (muckle tae Tolkien's annoyance, sin he haed mynt it tae be a single vollum),[2] an haes syne been reprentit mony times an pitten ower into at least 38 languages,[3] becomin ane o the maist weel-likit warks in 20t-century Leiteratur.