The Return of the King
Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
Readers rate it 4.6 (2.1K on Hardcover)
554 pages · Released 2003 · HarperCollins
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The Return of the King is the climactic finale of Tolkien's epic fantasy, featuring large-scale battles, dark themes of corruption and despair, and some frightening moments, but ultimately driven by themes of courage, friendship, and hope. While the story contains war violence and scary imagery, it is not graphically explicit and has long been a classic for older children and teens. The dense prose and complex narrative demand strong reading skills, making it best suited for confident middle-grade to young adult readers.
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THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings." In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created t... THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings." In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live. --- Also contained in: - The Lord of the Rings
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- Elves
- Hobbits
- The Lord of the Rings
- hope
- fear
- magic
- Fiction
- Fantasy
- English Fantasy fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Fantastic fiction
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ISBN 9780007171996 · HarperCollins