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Il Signore degli Anelli, composto da tre romanzi pubblicati in Gran Bretagna fra il 1954 e il 1955, è uno dei massimi cicli narrativi del XX secolo. J.R.R. Tolkien, sommo studioso di letteratura inglese medievale e anglosassone, ha creato un mondo immaginario ma tutto oggettivato, all’antica maniera epica, e assolutamente verosimile. In questo primo romanzo, il lettore conosce gli Hobbit, piccoli esseri lieti, saggi e longevi, che vivono in un idillico paese agricolo. La quiete è turbata quando Frodo, convinto dallo stregone Gandalf, è costretto a partire per il paese delle tenebre, Mordor, dove dovrà gettare nelle fiamme del Monte Fato il terribile Anello del Potere, giunto nelle sue mani per una serie di incredibili circostanze. Un gruppo di Hobbit lo accompagna e strada facendo si associano Elfi, Nani, Uomini, uniti nella lotta contro il Male. La Compagnia dell’Anello affronta un lungo e pericoloso cammino, finché i suoi membri si disperdono, minacciati da forze tenebrose, mentre la meta sembra disperatamente allontanarsi.

Auf der Suche nach der »Harmonie der Dinge« – die zweite, stark überarbeitete Fassung des »Abenteuerlichen Herzens« Beinahe ein Jahrzehnt nach seiner Erstpublikation erschien 1938 »Das Abenteuerliche Herz« in einer stark überarbeiteten zweiten Fassung. Große Teile, insbesondere autobiographische und konkret politische Passagen wurden gestrichen, stattdessen wird Ernst Jüngers Wandel zum Literaten und Metaphysiker sichtbarer denn je zuvor. Die Urfassung des »Abenteuerlichen Herzens« datiert auf 1929 und markiert einen Wendepunkt im literarischen Schaffen Jüngers. Doch gab er sich mit dem Erreichten nicht zufrieden und überarbeitete im folgenden Jahrzehnt sein Werk so stark, dass schließlich rund zwei Drittel des ursprünglichen Textes gestrichen und erneuert wurden. Vor allem offene politische und autobiographische Bezüge fielen dem Rotstift zum Opfer, und in immer stärkerem Maße zog sich Jünger auf die Position eines objektiven Beobachters zurück, wovon etwa »Der stereoskopische Genuß« zeugt. In diesem Sinn ist »Das Abenteuerliche Herz« vor allem eine Schule des Sehens und Interpretierens: »Betrachte das Leben als einen Traum unter tausend Träumen und jeden Traum als einen besonderen Aufschluss der Wirklichkeit. Dies alles vermagst du, wenn du über den magischen Schlüssel verfügst.«

This is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a cover image from the film. fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. trilogy, incorporating images from the films on the covers. The story focuses on the forces of Gondor and Rohan, which must make a last desperate stand against the monstrous armies of the Dark Lord, Sauron. While good and evil engage in mighty battle, the fate of Middle-earth rests in the hands of two weary hobbits.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, he disapeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. --back cover