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The Fellowship is scattered. Some brace hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Others must contend with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, to be destroyed in Mordor, the dark realm where Sauron is supreme. Their guide is Gollum, deceitful and obsessive slave to the corruption of the Ring.

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“An extraordinary work—pure excitement, unencumbered narrative, moral warmth, bare-faced rejoicing in beauty, but excitement most of all.”—The New York Times Book Review

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THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME
The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor-the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.
Thus continues the magnificent, bestselling tale of adventure begun in "The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its soul-stirring climax in "The Return of the King.

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THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME

The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor -- the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.

THUS CONTINUES THE MAGNIFICENT, BESTSELLING TALE OF ADVENTURE BEGUN IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, WHICH REACHES ITS SOUL-STIRRING CLIMAX IN THE RETURN OF THE KING.

About the Author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit andThe Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.

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THE DEPARTURE OF BOROMIR

Aragorn sped on up the hill. Every now and again he bent to the ground. Hobbits go light, and their footprints are not easy even for a Ranger to read, but not far from the top a spring crossed the path, and in the wet earth he saw what he was seeking.

‘I read the signs aright,’ he said to himself. ‘Frodo ran to the hill-top. I wonder what he saw there? But he returned by the same way, and went down the hill again.

Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there something that would guide him in his perplexities; but time was pressing. Suddenly he leaped forward, and ran to the summit, across the great flag-stones, and up the steps. Then sitting in the high seat he looked out. But the sun seemed darkened, and the world dim and remote. He turned from the North back again to North, and saw nothing save the distant hills, unless it were that far away he could see again a great bird like an eagle high in the air, descending slowly in wide circles down towards the earth.

Even as he gazed his quick ears caught sounds in the woodlands below, on the west side of the River. He stiffened. There were cries, and among them, to his horror, he could distinguish the harsh voices of Orcs. Then suddenly with a deep-throated call a great horn blew, and the blasts of it smote the hills and echoed in the hollows, rising in a mighty shout above the roaring of the falls.

‘The horn of Boromir!’ he cried. ‘He is in need!’ He sprang down the steps and away, leaping down the path. ‘Alas! An ill fate is on me this day, and all that I do goes amiss. Where is Sam?

As he ran the cries came louder, but fainter now and desperately the horn was blowing. Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly the horn-calls ceased. Aragorn raced down the last slope, but before he could reach the hill’s foot, the sounds died away; and as he turned to the left and ran towards them they retreated, until at last he could hear them no more. Drawing his bright sword and crying Elendil! Elendil! he crashed through the trees.

A mile, maybe, from Parth Galen in a little glade not far from the lake he found Boromir. He was sitting with his back to a great tree, as if he was resting. But Aragorn saw that he was pierced with many black-feathered arrows; his sword was still in his hand, but it was broken near the hilt; his horn cloven in two was at his side. Many Orcs lay slain, piled all about him and at his feet.

Aragorn knelt beside him. Boromir opened his eyes and strove to speak. At last slow words came. ‘I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,’ he said. ‘I am sorry. I have paid.’ His glance strayed to his fallen enemies; twenty at least lay there. ‘They have gone: the Halflings: the Orcs have taken them. I think they are not dead. Orcs bound them.’ He paused and his eyes closed wearily. After a moment he spoke again.

‘Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people! I have failed.

‘No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ‘You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!

Boromir smiled.

‘Which way did they go? Was Frodo there?’ said Aragorn.

But Boromir did not speak again.

‘Alas!’ said Aragorn. ‘Thus passes the heir of Denethor, Lord of the Tower of Guard! This is a bitter end. Now the Company is all in ruin. It is I that have failed. Vain was Gandalf’s trust in me. What shall I do now? Boromir has laid it on me to go to Minas Tirith, and my heart desires it; but where are the Ring and the Bearer? How shall I find them and save the Quest from disaster?

He knelt for a while, bent with weeping, still clasping Boromir’s hand. So it was that Legolas and Gimli found him. They came from the western slopes of the hill, silently, creeping through the trees as if they were hunting. Gimli had his axe in hand, and Legolas his long knife: all his arrows were spent. When they came into the glade they halted in amazement; and then they stood a moment with heads bowed in grief, for it seemed to them plain what had happened.

‘Alas!’ said Legolas, coming to Aragorn’s side. ‘We have hunted and slain many Orcs in the woods, but we should have been of more use here. We came when we heard the horn—but too late, it seems. I fear you have taken deadly hurt.

‘Boromir is dead,’ said Aragorn. ‘I am unscathed, for I was not here with him. He fell defending the hobbits, while I was away upon the hill.

‘The hobbits!’ cried Gimli. ‘Where are they then? Where is Frodo?

‘I do not know,’ answered Aragorn wearily. ‘Before he died Boromir told me that the Orcs had bound them; he did not think that they were dead. I sent him to follow Merry and Pippin; but I did not ask him if Frodo or Sam were with him: not until it was too late. All that I have done today has gone amiss. What is to be done now?

‘First we must tend the fallen,’ said Legolas. ‘We cannot leave him lying like carrion among these foul Orcs.

‘But we must be swift,’ said Gimli. ‘He would not wish us to linger. We must follow the Orcs, if there is hope that any of our Company are living prisoners.

‘But we do not know whether the Ring-bearer is with them or not,’ said Aragorn. ‘Are we to abandon him? Must we not seek him first? An evil choice is now before us!

‘Then let us do first what we must do,’ said Legolas. ‘We have not the time or the tools to bury our comrade fitly, or to raise a mound over him. A cairn we might build.

‘The labour would be hard and long: there are no stones that we could use nearer than the water-side,’ said Gimli.

‘Then let us lay him in a boat with his weapons, and the weapons of his vanquished foes,’ said Aragorn. ‘We will send him to the Falls of Rauros and give him to Anduin. The River of Gondor will take care at least that no evil creature dishonours his bones.

Quickly they searched the bodies of the Orcs, gathering their swords and cloven helms and shields into a heap.

‘See!’ cried Aragorn. ‘Here we find tokens!’ He picked out from the pile of grim weapons two knives, leaf-bladed, damasked in gold and red; and searching further he found also the sheaths, black, set with small red gems. ‘No orc-tools these!’ he said. ‘They were borne by the hobbits. Doubtless the Orcs despoiled them, but feared to keep the knives, knowing them for what they are: work of Westernesse, wound about with spells for the bane of Mordor. Well, now, if they still live, our friends are weaponless. I will take these things, hoping against hope, to give them back.

‘And I,’ said Legolas, ‘will take all the arrows that I can find, for my quiver is empty.’ He searched in the pile and on the ground about and found not a few that were undamaged and longer in the shaft than such arrows as the Orcs were accustomed to use. He looked at them closely.

And Aragorn looked on the slain, and he said: ‘Here lie many that are not folk of Mordor. Some are from the North, from the Misty Mountains, if I know anything of Orcs and their kinds. And here are others strange to me. Their gear is not after the manner of Orcs at all!

There were four goblin-soldiers of greater stature, swart, slant-eyed, with thick legs and large hands. They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs; and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men. Upon their shields they bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal.

‘I have not seen these tokens before,’ said Aragorn. ‘What do they mean?

‘S is for Sauron,’ said Gimli. ‘That is easy to read.

‘Nay!’ said Legolas. ‘Sauron does not use the Elf-runes.

‘Neither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or spoken, said Aragorn. ‘And he does not use white. The Orcs in the service of Baraddûr use the sign of the Red Eye.’ He stood for a moment in thought. ‘S is for Saruman, I guess,’ he said at length. ‘There is evil afoot in Isengard, and the West is no longer safe. It is as Gandalf feared: by some means the traitor Saruman has had news of our journey. It is likely too that he knows of Gandalf’s fall. Pursuers from Moria may have escaped the vigilance of Lórien, or they may have avoided that land and come to Isengard by other paths. Orcs travel fast. But Saruman has many ways of learning news. Do you remember the birds?

‘Well, we have no time to ponder riddles,’ said Gimli. ‘Let us bear Boromir away!

‘But after that we must guess the riddles, if we are to choose our course rightly,’ answered Aragorn.

‘Maybe there is no right choice,’ said Gimli.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Del Rey; Reissue edition (August 12, 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345339711
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345339713
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 810L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.14 x 1.09 x 6.84 inches

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I bought two of these books to take with me to MegaCon in Orlando this year and have signed by the actors who played the Hobbits in the LOTR movies. These books are to be gifts for my family who love LOTR. For that purpose, these books are PERFECT! They are economically feasible, compact, and have really unique design. Again, PERFECT for having signed and then being keepsakes. OR, if you are new to LOTR and want JUST to read the book in its physical form, and pay little to do so, then these are PERFECT! However, if you are a die-hard LOTR fan and want big sprawling maps and illustrations and the like, these books are NOT for you! Ideal for the pocket, travel, on the go reader or newbie. Also, these books are a little over 6" tall, and are the light blue ones depicted in the advert above, and are actually really nice looking!

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Yes, read it. It's a classic

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It’s fantastic fantasy for fantasy fans.

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I really don't think there are any words necessary to describe this trilogy except: Tolkien <3

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017

The book picks up just at where the last book ended without explaining much what happened earlier. After reading the last book a while back, I was confused as to what previously happened. However, later parts of the book explain a bit what happened in the last one. I liked the fast paced element of the book that kept the action flowing. While the book was written in the 20th century, the language is still somewhat intentionally medieval-ly. Overall, I think the book is a good read but requires recent reading of the last two books.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2003

Lord Of The Rings, The Two Towers
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
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This book is the best book I have ever read in my life. Action, adventure, and fantasy creatures come to life throughout the book. In the begining, Sam and Frodo, two hobbits on their way to Mordor, capture an small and helpless creature who is trying to steal the ring of power away from Frodo. The creature's name was Gollum. He had been the previous owner of the ring of power until Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's uncle, found it in Gollum's cave. Gollum says that he can lead Sam and Frodo to Mordor safely if they spared his life. So they did. In another story line, Merry and Pippen , two other hobbits, found themselves captured by orcs; but one night, the Riders of Rhohan, men who are skilled archers and horsemen, had come and saved them. After their freedom, Merry and Pippen, foolishly ran into the Enchanted Forest. They were unaware of the mythical creatures that lived in the forest. They met an Ent, a tree that can walk and talk. His name was Treebeard. Treebeard took Merry and Pippen to see the white wizard to determine if they were Orc spies or not. Upon arriving, they met Gandalf. They didn't realize that he was reborn and turned into the White Wizard, who had special powers. Meanwhile, Aragon, who was the leader of the fellowship, Legolas, an elf, and Gimli, a dwarf, were in trouble at Helm's Gate. The Orcs, mutated elves, outnumbered the fellowship 10:1. Just when they thought that all hope was lost, Gandalf came out of nowhere along with the banned Riders of Rohan to kick some Orc butt. At the same time, Treebeard, Merry, Pippen and other Ents came to Isengard, the city where the evil wizard Saruman lived. So when they found out that all the trees in the city were cut down, they got mad and summoned all the Ents together and destroyed Isengard.
I liked this book for many reasons. First of all, it has a lot of adventure and action. It had lots of battles between good and evil. It had me on the edge of my seat as the Orcs ran day and night trying to get to Mordor, while the fellowship was hot on their trail. Also, it has a great story line. The plot was well written because the author didn't reveal the whole story all at once. He kept building the story line chapter by chapter. In addition, I also liked it because of the mythical creatures in the story. You could visualize how the monsters looked like since the author wrote it in such great detail. For example, "They found that they were looking at a most extraordinary face. It belonged to a large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. Whether it was clad in stuff like green and grey bark, or whether that was its hide, was difficult to say". Those was just one quote of many which are in this book.
The reason why I like this book so much is because it is a fantasy. I love fantasies. I also like science fiction movies and The Lord of the Rings has all of these features. Fantasies catch my eye because it most of the things that occur in story, don't happen in real life. For example, In Lord of the Rings, there are cave trolls and talking trees. Fantasy stories are great because it puts me in a different world and I forgot where I am.
My favorite part of the movie is when Aragon, Gimli, and Legolas are going into battle with the ferocious Orcs. With the sound of the battle cries the Orcs are making, thousands of these Orcs fight against just hundreds of very brave men. Before this great battle commences, an army of 4,000 Elves come to aid the brave men. Thousands of arrows are shot at the same time striking the Orcs and dropping them like flies. Then the great hand to hand combat begins. Swords and spears start flying everywhere. It looked like a swarm of bees fighting since there were so many Orcs and men fighting. The battle rages on until the gate was breached. It looked as if the Orcs were going to win this war.

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2006

This book is an amazing credit to all literature everywhere. The style that Tolkien uses is astounding in detail thus making you feel almost part of this epic adventure. With the twists and turns that heroes take to proceed onward through their journeys. It is astounding how he makes it able to fallow the path of multiple characters at the same time yet keep it from becoming to confusing. The way words are placed in each sentence with extreme care as not to make the plot line any more confusing is very well done, this makes the story well written and an amazing novel. The lord of the rings: the two towers sucks the reader into it's plot and keeps them there until the book is done. This is one of the few books that has actually kept my attention all the way through the book not letting me put it down by any means. The flow of the book makes you want to become one of the races of middle earth and take on the roll as one of the adventurers to fight the evil forces of Mordor and cast away the ring of power. This book is the second one in the trilogy of The Lord of the rings and is the best written of the three. The two towers helps define the meaning of and epic adventure through the hardships and challenges that the characters must face the complete their task at hand and the internal conflicts within them selves.

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Not the same cover.

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I ordered this because of the beautiful cover but the delivered book has a different cover.

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Reviewed in Italy on May 6, 2020

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Ovviamente non scrivo una recensione su Il Signore degli Anelli, che sarebbe superflua. Mi riferisco all'edizione di cui alla foto allegata (vedo ci sono tantissime edizioni tra cui scegliere).
E' una delle poche edizioni tripartite a prezzo ragionevole, con buona qualità della carta e con giusta grandezza dei caratteri. Consigliatissimo. La terza parte l'ho trovata ahime solo da un venditore americano.

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Reviewed in Japan on December 5, 2002

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目的語・補語・副詞句が、主語・述語を飛び越えて文頭に出る文体は、百ページ読んでもなかなか慣れない。しかしトールキーンがオクスフォードの言語学者なのを思えば、この凝り様になるほどとうなづける。語順に変化を持たせる文体は、シェイクスピアの戯曲のような効果を狙ったものだろうか。巷間で言われるほど難しくはなく、同じ単語が繰り返し出てくるので、読み進むのはつらくない。
1954年から書かれたこのハイ・ファンタジーシリーズが愛され続けるのは、やはり自己の内面を見つめた上で悪を敢然と意識する姿勢が作品全体に貫かれているからにほかならないだろう。

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