The Lord of the Rings

The trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" undoubtedly tops the list of "cult" books of the 20th century. Its author, J.R.R. Tolkien, a professor at Oxford University and a specialist in ancient and medieval English, created an amazing world -... Middle-earth, which has irresistibly attracted millions of readers for almost fifty years.
The magnificent film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson has exponentially increased the ranks of fans of both Tolkien and the heroic fantasy genre itself.
The title of the book refers to the main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who in the distant past created the One Ring (the Ring of Power), granting him dominion over the other Rings of Power, received by men, dwarves, and elves, with the aim of conquering all of Middle-earth. The action of the novel begins in the Shire, a land of hobbits reminiscent of the English countryside, and follows the heroes on their journey to the Dark Land of Mordor, to Mount Doom - the only place where the Ring could be destroyed. The main heroes of the novel are the hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, as well as the wizard Gandalf, the men Aragorn and Boromir, the elf Legolas, and the dwarf Gimli, representatives of the free peoples of Middle-earth who stood against Sauron.
Their fellowship became the Fellowship of the Ring.