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The Lord of the Rings Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 186 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Lord of the Rings.
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The Lord of the Rings Summary & Study Guide Description

The Lord of the Rings Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

This detailed literature summary also contains Further Reading and a Free Quiz on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

The Lord of the Rings Plot Summary

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In Lord of the Rings, the inhabitants of Middle Earth join to save themselves from enslavement by the malevolent Sauron. Centuries before, Sauron forged a Ring, putting much of his power into it, to control through a series of lesser rings, men, dwarves, and elves. Some men fell into his power, but an alliance of men and elves defeated him, and the Ring was cut from his hand. It should have been destroyed, but a human prince, Isildur, took it. Isildur was slain, and the Ring fell into a river. There, the hobbit-like Deagol eventually found it. His friend Sméagol killed Deagol for the Ring. From Sméagol it passed to Bilbo Baggins, who, innocent of its powers and dangers, takes it back to his home and eventually leaves it to his cousin and heir Frodo Baggins. Once it is understood what the Ring is, and that Sauron is trying to...
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This section contains 2,304 words
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