02405nam a22003257i 4500 20261016202633.0 261016s2001 xx ||||| |||||||| 1|eng d 9780345339713 0345339711 (KOHALIB)isbn-9780345339713 KOHALIB eng rda KOHALIB Tolkien, J. R. R. The lord of the rings : part two the two towers / J. R. R. Tolkien. New York : Ballantine Books, 2001. 398 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Inventory: Single copy, entry 640; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A Ents Orcs Hobbits Magic Translations into Spanish Readers for New Literates The Lord of the Rings English Fantasy Fiction BOOK 625 625 0 0 0 0 FIC MAIN MAIN 2026-10-16 0 FIC TOL LIB02070 2026-10-16 20:26:33 2026-10-16 BOOK