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• 29 July 1954 • 11 November 1954 • 20 October 1955 Media type Print ( and ) Preceded by Followed by The Lord of the Rings is an novel written by English author and scholar. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the, with over 150 million copies sold. The title of the novel refers to the story's main, the, who had in an earlier age created the to rule the other as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of.

From quiet beginnings in, a land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the through the eyes of its characters, not only the hobbits,, and, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the,, a, and, a Captain of;, a warrior;, an prince; and, a. The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set, the other to be, but this idea was dismissed by his publisher. For economic reasons, The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955.

The three volumes were titled,. Structurally, the novel is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material included at the end. Some editions combine the entire work into a single volume.

The Lord of the Rings has since been reprinted numerous times. Tolkien's work has been the subject of and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917, in a process he described as. Influences on this earlier work, and on the story of The Lord of the Rings, include philology, mythology, religion and the author's distaste for the effects of industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works. The Lord of the Rings in its turn is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's works is such that the use of the words 'Tolkienian' and 'Tolkienesque' have been recorded in the. The enduring popularity of The Lord of the Rings has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by, and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works.

The Lord of the Rings has, artwork, music, films and television,, board games, and subsequent literature. Award-winning have been made for,,. In 2003, it was named Britain's best novel of all time in the BBC's. Main article: The novel has been translated, with various degrees of success, into at least 56 languages. Tolkien, an expert in, examined many of these translations, and made comments on each that reflect both the translation process and his work. As he was unhappy with some choices made by early translators, such as the by, Tolkien wrote a ' (1967). Because The Lord of the Rings purports to be a translation of the fictitious, with the English language representing the of the 'original', Tolkien suggested that translators attempt to capture the interplay between English and the invented nomenclature of the English work, and gave several examples along with general guidance.

Reception [ ]. Main article: While early reviews for The Lord of the Rings were mixed, reviews in various media have been, on the whole, highly positive and acknowledge Tolkien's literary achievement as a significant one.

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The initial review in the described it as 'among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century'. The echoed this sentiment, stating that 'the English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them'. The also seemed to have an idea of how popular the books would become, writing in its review that they were 'destined to outlast our time'., an admirer of Tolkien's writings, regarded The Lord of the Rings as a 'masterpiece', further stating that in some cases it outdid the achievement of 's. New York Times reviewer Judith Shulevitz criticized the 'pedantry' of Tolkien's literary style, saying that he 'formulated a high-minded belief in the importance of his mission as a literary preservationist, which turns out to be death to literature itself'.