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For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth.
The story's name is derived from the Dark Lord Sauron of Mordor, the primary villain of the work, who created the Ruling Ring and is thus the "Lord of the Rings" that the title refers to. However, he is but the servant of an earlier Dark Lord, Morgoth (Melkor), who is prominent in Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
Tolkien did not originally intend to write another book after writing The Hobbit, but began to compose 'a new hobbit' after persuasion by his publishers. Writing was slow, mostly due to Tolkien's wish to achieve perfection; he looked on his works as a sub-creation and himself as the sub-creator, and believed it was his duty to create this story. The work was originally intended by Tolkien to be published in one large volume, but the post- war paper shortage ruled this out. Instead it was divided into three volumes ( The Fellowship of the Ring: Books I and II; The Two Towers: Books III and IV; and The Return of the King: Books V and VI, 6 appendices), and these were published from 1954 to 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal. In 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil, four indices which were not compiled by Tolkien were added to The Return of the King. He did not, however, much like the title The Return of the King, believing it gave away too much of the storyline. He had originally suggested The War of the Ring which was dismissed by his publishers. The titles of the six "books" are:
Because the three-volume binding was so widely distributed, the work is usually referred to as the Lord of the Rings "trilogy"; however, this is technically incorrect, as it was written and conceived as one work.
A BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly 7-volume box set followed the six-book division authored by Tolkien, but with the Appendices from the end of Book VI bound as a separate volume. The individual names for books in this series were decided posthumously, based on a combination of suggestions Tolkien had made during his lifetime, title of the volumes, and whole cloth.
The name of the complete work is often abbreviated to LotR, LOTR, or simply LR, and the three volumes as FR, FOTR, or FotR (The Fellowship of the Ring), TT or TTT (The Two Towers), and RK, ROTK, or RotK (The Return of the King).
Some locations and characters were inspired by Tolkien's childhood in SareholeSarehole is an area in Birmingham, England (formerly a village in Warwickshire). Tolkien lived there as a child, and the area influenced the description of the green and peaceful country of Shire in his books. The nearby Moseley Bog (now a nature reserve) (then a WarwickshireWarwickshire (pronounced worrickshur) is a landlocked county in central England. Modern-day Warwickshire is of a considerably different shape to the historic county. The county town is Warwick. Famous people from Warwickshire include: William Shakespeare, village, now part of BirminghamThis article is about Birmingham in England. See also Birmingham, Alabama or other places called Birmingham. Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Being the country's second largest city, it is usually considered B) and in Birmingham itself.
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