The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

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In the third and final volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the battle for Middle-earth comes to an end.

The Return of the King picks up where The Two Towers leaves off. The Darkness begins to issue from Mordor, soon hiding the entire sky over Minas Tirith. Aragorn realizes the Riders may not reach the city in time to defend it against conflict with Mordor...

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J. R. R. Tolkien

5,120 words, approx. 18 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) gained a reputation during the 1960s and 1970s as a cult figure among youths disillusioned with war and the technological age; his continuing popularity evidences his abil... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien

5,308 words, approx. 18 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien was best known to most readers as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These books are regarded, stated Augustus M. Kolich in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, as "... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Biography EssayThe driving passion of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's literary life was to make his "fairystories" so complete in description and detail, so varied in character and action, so expansive in... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

4,992 words, approx. 17 pages

The driving passion of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 's literary life was to make his "fairy-stories" so complete in description and detail, so varied in character and action, so expansive in philosophy ... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

9,840 words, approx. 33 pages

J. R. R. Tolkien's most familiar creation, the hobbits of Middle-earth, belonged only to his private world until September 1937. Before then they were known only to his children, his great friend C. S... Read more

J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien

6,296 words, approx. 21 pages

The place in fantasy literature earned by J. R. R. Tolkien is indisputable. Tolkien is directly responsible for the rising popularity of fantasy literature in the late twentieth century. While authors... Read more

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The Lord of the Rings: A Battle of Friendship and Courage Against Evil and Darkness

1,767 words, approx. 6 pages

"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." Quite an interesting line for the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. T... Read more

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Return of the King

20,808 words, approx. 70 pages

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