J.R.R Tolkien

	Tolkien, J.R.R: The Hobbit
	Tolkien, J.R.R: The Lord of the Rings
	Tolkien, J.R.R: The Silmarillion

Frontcover (119 k)

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A great modern classic and prelude to The Lord of the Rings

"Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance.
He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!"

Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon...

"One of the best-loved characters in English fiction...a marvellous fantasy adventure." - Daily Mail

"A finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls...an exiting epic of travel, magical adventure, all working up to a devastating climax." - The Observer

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"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he ould rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard, Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

Frontcover (99 k)

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In the Elder Days Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth and the High Elves made war on him for the recovery of the Silmarilli - those perfect jewels created by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves. The Silmarillion tells of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, and of the war, hopeless despite great heroism, against the great Enemy.

This is the ancient history of Middle-earth, the foundations of the world and its peoples before the great events recorded in The Lord of the Rings.

"Demanding to be compared with English mythologies...at times rises to the greatness of true myth." - Financial Times

"A creation myth of singular beauty...magnifient." - Washington Post