Storia della musica occidentale. Dal Romanticismo alla musica elettronica Vol. 3

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. “A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning.”—The New York Times 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 into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. 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 into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins is faced with an immense task as the elderly Bilbo entrusts the ring to his care. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose NOTE ON THE TEXT FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters BOOK ONE A Long-expected Party The Shadow of the Past Three is Company A Short Cut to Mushrooms A Conspiracy Unmasked The Old Forest In the House of Tom Bombadil Fog on the Barrow-downs At the Sign of The Prancing Pony Strider A Knife in the Dark Flight to the Ford BOOK TWO Many Meetings The Council of Elrond The Ring Goes South A Journey in the Dark The Bridge of Khazad-dûm Lothlórien The Mirror of Galadriel Farewell to Lórien The Great River The Breaking of the Fellowship

The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio.

In the ancient world of Middle-earth-a place of elves and dwarves, orcs and wizards, the darkest evil and the brightest good-a hobbit named Frodo Baggins embarks on a perilous quest: to carry the One Ring, ruler of all the Rings of Power, into the shadowy land of Mordor and destroy it in the fires where it was forged.

New Republic

One of the very few works of genius in recent literature.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous fourney accross Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose Young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task when Bilbo entrusts the One Ring to his care. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth in order to destroy the ring. (The Lord of the Rings). With the Ringwraiths in pursuit, Frodo Baggins attempts to get the Ring of Power to Mount Doom where the ring can be destroyed before Middle-earth falls victim to the evil Sauron THIS BOOK is largely concerned with Hobbits, and from its pages a reader may discover much of their character and a little of their history.