The two towers : being the second part of the Lord of the Rings / J. R. R. Tolkien.
By: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel).
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BookPublisher: London : HarperCollins, 1993Description: x, 403-725 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.ISBN: 026110358X.Uniform titles: Lord of the rings. Subject(s): Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character)
| Middle Earth (Imaginary place) | FantasyDDC classification: 823.912 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 823.912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00077500 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Building on the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.
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. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs.
Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
Book Three -- The Departure of Boromir -- The Riders of Rohan -- The Uruk-hai -- Treebeard -- The White Rider -- The King of the Golden Hall -- Helm's Deep -- The Road to Isengard -- Flotsam and Jetsam -- The Voice of Saruman -- The Palantir -- Book Four -- The Taming of Smeagol -- The Passage of the Marshes -- The Black Gate is Closed -- Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit -- The Window on the West -- The Forbidden Pool -- Journey to the Cross-roads -- The Stairs of Cirith Ungol -- Shelob's Lair -- The Choices of Master Samwise.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
A writer of fantasies, Tolkien, a professor of language and literature at Oxford University, was always intrigued by early English and the imaginative use of language. In his greatest story, the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954--56), Tolkien invented a language with vocabulary, grammar, syntax, even poetry of its own. Though readers have created various possible allegorical interpretations, Tolkien has said: "It is not about anything but itself. (Certainly it has no allegorical intentions, general, particular or topical, moral, religious or political.)" In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), Tolkien tells the story of the "master of wood, water, and hill," a jolly teller of tales and singer of songs, one of the multitude of characters in his romance, saga, epic, or fairy tales about his country of the Hobbits.Tolkien was also a formidable medieval scholar, as evidenced by his work, Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics (1936) and his edition of Anciene Wisse: English Text of the Anciene Riwle.
Among his works published posthumously, are The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún and The Fall of Arthur, which was edited by his son, Christopher.
In 2013, his title, The\Hobbit (Movie Tie-In) made The New York Times Best Seller List.
(Bowker Author Biography)