The Lord of the Rings
Part One: the Fellowship of the Ring
Published on 17. September 2001
Audio
Audio cassette
978-0-00-712742-9 (ISBN)
Description
Following Bilbo's 111th birthday, Frodo Baggins and his companion Sam Gamgee, set off along the same East Road down which Bilbo the Hobbit had accompanied Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarves all those many years ago. Much danger and many strange encounters await them: Gandalf, Tom Bombadil, the Black Riders, Strider, the Council of Elrond and the grass-clad slopes of Lorien.
"An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent." - The Observer
"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." - Sunday Telegraph
"An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent." - The Observer
"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." - Sunday Telegraph
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Illustrations
AUDIO
Dimensions
Height: 139 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 110 mm
Weight
916 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-712742-9 (9780007127429)
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father's death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.