The Fellowship of the Ring (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: The Third Age in a remote legendary past
- Setting: Middle Earth between the Northern Waste and Sutherland
- Principal Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), Peregrin Took (Pippin), Samwise Gamgee (Sam), Gandalf the Grey (Mithrandir), Aragorn (Strider), Boromir, Gimli, Legolas, Elrond Halfelven, Galadriel, Sauron
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Blizzards, Traveling or travelers, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Supernatural, Leadership, Other worlds, Friendship, War, Good and evil, Adventure, Heroes or heroism, Dwarfs, Quest, Elves, Rings, Talisman or magical object
- Locales: Middle-earth (mythic)
The Story:
Bilbo Baggins, the most adventurous hobbit of the Shire, planned to celebrate his hundred-and-eleventh birthday. His old friend Gandalf the Grey, a wizard with special control over fire, tried to restrain him from using his magic ring to vanish at the end of the party. Gandalf was disturbed, for he suspected the ring of being the One Ring forged by Sauron, the Dark Lord, in the volcanic fires of Mount Doom. This ring gave long life but corrupted its user. Even Bilbo, who had gained it without losing pity, had begun to show signs of its evil influence. On his...
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