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The Return of the King

Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

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An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

22nd printing

by

  • ★★★★ 4.35 ·
  • 81 Ratings
  • 406 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 165 Have read

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.

A STATEMENT FROM THE AUTHOR ABOUT THIS AMERICAN EDITION "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other." JRR Tolkien

--back cover

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Ballantine Books
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English
Pages
544

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Elves, Hobbits, The Lord of the Rings, hope, fear, magic, Fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fantastic fiction, Textual Criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Chinese language materials, Adventure, Fantasy fiction, Frodo Baggins (Fictional character), Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Translations into French, Children's fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Wizards, Large type books, Spanish language edition, Roman, Français (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Bolsón, Frodo (Personaje literario), Novela, Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario), Historia de aventuras, Novela fantástica, Literatura inglesa, Novela inglesa, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, fantasy, general
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Aragorn, Elendil, Dwarves, Frodo Baggins, The Dunedain, Gandalf, Sauron, Pippin, Meriadoc, Umbar, Denethor, Boromir, Faramir, Saruman, Legolas, Gimli, Beregond, Eorl, King Théoden, Gollum, Shelob, Rosie Cotton, Gríma, Bombadil, Shadowfax, Éomer, Merry, Éowyn, Samwise, Arwen, Elrond
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Barad-dur, Minas Tirith, Lorien, Erebor, Middle Earth, Edoras, Isengard, Fangorn Forest, Mordor, Gondor, Rohan, Ithilien, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Rivendell, the Shire, Bree, Bag End
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Collins
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
1999, HarperCollins
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1997, Zysk i S-ka
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1978-12, Ballantine Books
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-01, Ballantine Books
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Edition Notes

The cover painting "Barad Dûr", is by J.R.R. Tolkien.
No ISBN.

Series
The Lord of the Rings -- pt. 3
Copyright Date
1965

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912 s, Fic

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
544 p. ;
Number of pages
544

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24373736M
OCLC/WorldCat
1020216404
Goodreads
9299528

Work Description

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.


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