J.R.R. Tolkien: The Fellowship of the Ring (Paperback, 1972, Methuen)
mass market paperback
English language
Published Sept. 27, 1972 by Methuen.
The Lord of the Rings is not a book to be described in a few sentences. It is an heroic romance - "something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale since spenser's 'Farie Queen,' so one can't praise the book by comparisons - there's nothing to compare it with. What can I say then?" Richard Hughes continues, "For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel, and it is nearly as remarkable for its vividness and for the narrative skill which carries the reader on, enthralled, for page after page."
The Fellowship of the Ring delineates the immense power of the One Ring and begins the extraordinary heroic tale of war and adventure which continues in The Two Towers and climxes in The Return of the King. --back cover
I first read the Lord of the Rings books in my late teens (a long time ago). I couldn’t remember much, only that I didn‘t like them nearly as much as the films (by Peter Jackson).
I was wrong. They are a masterpiece. Tolkien created something truly unique. The world, the characters, the songs, the lore. The story. It‘s simply amazing to read.
The Fellowship is only a part of something bigger. I‘m looking forward to reading the next books.
Berriz hasi naiz irakurtzen Eraztunen Jauna, ingelesez oraingoan. Nerabe nintzen irakurri nuen azkenaldian, eta bigarrenez irakurtzeak, egia esan, ahaztuta nituen hainbat detaile birgogoratzea ekarri dit.
Fantasiazko generoa gorpuztu duen obra nagusienetakoa, dudarik gabe. Bikaina.
