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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

First Ballantine Books edition (131); movie tie-in

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  • ★★★★ 4.4 (89 ratings) ·
  • 451 Want to read
  • 22 Currently reading
  • 189 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.


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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

People

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 End of the Third Age

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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
1994, Houghton Mifflin
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Ballantine Books
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1989-10, Ballantine Books
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1984-04, Ballantine Books
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1973-03, 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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Includes indexes.

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New York
Series
The Lord of the Rings, #3
Copyright Date
2003

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Library of Congress
PR6039.O32 L6 2001 pt. 3

Contributors

Introduction
Peter S. Beagle

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Format
mass market paperback
Pagination
xii, 491 p. :
Number of pages
491

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Open Library
OL24934077M
ISBN 10
0345339738
ISBN 13
9780345339737
OCLC/WorldCat
48764583
Goodreads
17189957

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