An edition of The Two Towers (1954)

The Two Towers

Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

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An edition of The Two Towers (1954)

The Two Towers

Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

Movie Tie-in Edition
  • 4.35 ·
  • 182 Ratings
  • 579 Want to read
  • 46 Currently reading
  • 312 Have read

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria, and Boromir, seduced by the poewr of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

--front flap

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
352

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2019, Protea Boekhuis
Paperback in Afrikaans - Eerste Afrikaanse uitgawe, eerste druk
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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
2010, HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover in English - printing (2)
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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - 50th Anniversary ed. (1)
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El señor de los anillos: II: Las dos torres
2002-10, Minotauro
Paperback in Spanish - Primera reimpresion (México); movie tie-in
Cover of: The Two Towers
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Houghton Mifflin Company
Hardcover in English - Movie Tie-in Edition
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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Collins
Paperback in English - Collins Modern Classic Edition (8)
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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
1999, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - 1999 paperback edition (6)
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Dwie Wieże
1997, Zysk i S-ka
Paperback in Polish
Cover of: The Two Towers
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
1978, Houghton Mifflin Company
Hardcover in English - Revised edition; Second edition, printing (16)
Cover of: The Two Towers
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-09, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - American Edition, Twenty-fifth printing
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Boston, USA

Edition Notes

Series
The Lord of the Rings (2)
Copyright Date
2001 (from back flap)

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
352p.
Number of pages
352

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7604000M
ISBN 10
0618153993
ISBN 13
9780618153992
OCLC/WorldCat
48034242, 972117776
Google
bGWwAQAACAAJ, VLRKswEACAAJ
Library Thing
3203350
Goodreads
44648178

Work Description

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of this world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis -- a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms. - Jacket flap.

Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin – alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. J.R.R. Tolkien’s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.



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