The Two Towers | The Two Towers

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Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
First Published: 1954
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Fantasy
Time of Work: The Third Age in a remote legendary past
Setting: Middle Earth, chiefly Rohan, Fangorn, Gondor, and Ithilien
Principal Characters: Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee (Sam), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), Peregrin Took (Pippin), Gandalf (Mithrandir), Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Saruman, Gollum (Sméagol), Théoden, Éomer, Grima Wormtongue, Treebeard (Fangorn), Sauron
Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Traveling or travelers, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Supernatural, Leadership, Other worlds, Friendship, War, Good and evil, Adventure, Heroes or heroism, Dwarfs, Elves, Rings
Locales: Middle-earth (mythic)

Immediately after Frodo the Ringbearer and Sam set off to fulfill their quest for the destruction of the Ring of power, a band of orcs captured the two remaining hobbits, Merry and Pippin. In an attempt to defend them, Boromir of Gondor was mortally wounded. Dying, he confessed to Aragorn that he had tried to take the Ring from Frodo, who had put on the Ring and vanished to escape him. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli prepared Boromir’s body, placed it in an elven boat, and sent it over the falls down the Great River. They followed the tracks of the orcs in an attempt...

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