The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings -- J.

<p>The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth - home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving little people, cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the very few works of genius in recent literature. Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness. The story of ths world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis - a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> J. R. R. Tolkien<br><b>Publisher:</b> William Morrow & Company<br><b>Published:</b> 03/03/1988<br><b>Pages:</b> 432<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.34lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.84h x 5.93w x 1.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780395489314<br><b>Age Range:</b> 12-UP<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.1<br><b>Point Value:</b> 29<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>737 / Fellowship o