The Lord of the Rings
 Cover design for the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings | |
| Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
| Leid | Inglis |
| Genre | fantasie, high fantasy, adventure fiction  |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication date | 1954 |
| Media teep | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 1216 pp |
| Precedit bi | Tha Hobbit |
The Lord o the Rings is an epic hie fantasy novul written bi Inglis academic J. R. R. Tolkien. The story stairtit as a sequel tae Tolkien's previous fantasy beuk The Hobbit an becam a mair muckel story. It wis written in stages atween 1937 an 1949, wi a guid bit o it bein shaped durin the Seicont Warld War.[1] It wis oreeginally setten furth in three vollums in 1954 an 1955 (muckle tae Tolkien's annoyance, sin he haed mynt it tae be a single vollum),[2] an haes syne been reprentit mony times an pitten ower intae at least 38 leids,[3] becomin ane o the maist weel-likit warks in 20t-century leeteratur.
Atweesh 2001 til 2003, a live-action fillum series o the trilogy wis pit intae cinemas, wi The Fellowship of the Ring comin oot in 2001, The Two Towers in 2002 an The Return of the King in 2003. The trilogy wis direckit bi Peter Jackson.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "World War I and World War II". Archived frae the original on 13 Juin 2006. Retrieved 16 Juin 2006.
- ↑ "Biography for J.R.R. Tolkien". Retrieved 16 Juin 2006.
- ↑ Tolkien FAQ: How many languages hae The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings been translated into? Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
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