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This was written in parts during the time of world war ii. The lord of the rings is the number one bestselling book in amazon. Who is the author of the book lord of the rings and the. Jun 23, 2016 the author of the lord of the rings is professor john ronald reuel tolkien j. The lord of the rings books for sale in stock ebay. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The lord of the rings, young adult boxed set 9780618574995 by j. In year 2008, the times ranked him sixth in the list of the 50best english writers since 1945. Lord of the rings book 1 the fellowship of the ring was written during the period of the author teaching in oxford, from 1937 to 1949.
His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Structurally, the novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material included at. John ronald reuel tolkien cbe frsl was an english writer, poet, philologist, and academic. One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one rin. Since it was first published in 1954, the lord of the rings has been a book people have treasured. The tales of the silmarillion are set in an age when morgoth, the first dark lord, dwelt in middleearth, and the high elves made war upon him for the recovery of the silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of valinor.
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