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The History of Middle-Earth: Book 6
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In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate... read more
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First Sentence edit
The original written starting-point of The Lord of the Rings — its 'first germ', as my father scribbled on the text long after — has been preserved: a manuscript of five pages entitled A long-expected party.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
THE FIRST PHASE
I. A Long-Expected Party
II. From Hobbiton to the Woody End
III. Of Gollum and the Ring
IV. To Maggot's Farm and Buckland
V. The Old Forest and the Withywindle
VI. Tom Bombadil
VII. The Barrow-Wight
VIII. Arrival at Bree
IX. Trotter and the Journey to Weathertop
X. The Attack on Weathertop
XI. From Weathertop to the Ford
XII. At Rivendell
XIII. 'Queries and Alterations'
THE SECOND PHASE
XIV. Return to Hobbiton
XV. Ancient History
XVI. Delays are Dangerous
XVII. A Short Cut to Mushrooms
XVIII. Again from Buckland to the Withywindle
THE THIRD PHASE
XIX. The Third Phase (1): The Journey to Bree
XX. The Third Phase (2): At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
XXI. The Third Phase (3): To Weathertop and Rivendell
XII. New Uncertainties and New Projections
THE STORY CONTINUED
XXIII. In the House of Elrond
XXIV. The Ring Goes South
XXV. The Mines of Moria
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 12 in The History of Middle-Earth. (standard series)
Preceded by The Lost Road, and followed by The Treason of Isengard.
This is book 1 of 5 in The History of The Lord of the Rings. (standard series)
Followed by The Treason of Isengard.
This is book 6 of 23 in Middle-Earth. (universe)
Preceded by The Lost Road, and followed by The Treason of Isengard.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Christopher Tolkien (Author)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (Creator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0044401620
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0044401620
Page Count: 480
Awards edit
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (1989 : Inklings Studies)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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