The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)

Frodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him--and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauran to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to Frodo and his faithful servant Sam to carry the Ring to where it could be detroyed--in the very center of Sauron's dark kingdom.

C.S. Lewis: "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron."

W.H. Auden: "Exciting... Mr. Tolkien's invention is unflagging"

The New York Herald-Tribune: "Destined to outlast our time."

Newsweek: "A remarkable book"

The Nation: "A work of immense narrative power that can sweep the reader up and hold him enthralled for days and weeks."

Sunday Telegraph: "Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century."

Boston Herald: “A masterful story — an epic in its own way — with elements of high adventure, suspense, mystery, poetry and fantasy.”

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3rd, 1892 in South Africa. Tolkien was educated and taught Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. Tolkien's other works include The Hobbit and The Simarillion, which are both available on audio from Random House.

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