Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings
Author J.R.R Tolkien
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Story
Frodo, a young hobbit, discovers that the gold ring given to him by his uncle Bilbo is the powerful "One Ring to rule them all." To save civilization, he must destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom. He sets off with his friend Sam and cousins Merry and Pippin on a long and perilous journey across Middle earth. Along the way, they are joined by elves, dwarves, humans, and eventually an army of the dead in what becomes an epic struggle between good and evil.
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Why we chose it
The Lord of the Rings has been described as the most influential fantasy series ever written and one of the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.
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First published
1954, George Allen & Unwin Ltd