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J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954
An epic fantasy novel comprising three volumes (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) that follows the quest to destroy a powerful ring in the fictional world of Middle-earth. Tolkien's authoritative narrative voice weaves together invented languages, detailed genealogies, and complex world-building.
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Ordinary souls bear unbearable weight toward a good they cannot keep, and grief is the price of love.
mortality
not all tears are an evil… the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West
LR-RC-1063the White Tree died also in Minas Tirith; but it was left standing 'until the King returns'
LR-RC-1089grief
It was one of the saddest hours in their lives… every tree had been felled
LR-RC-1049They said you were dead; but I've been expecting you since the spring. You haven't hurried, have you?
LR-RC-1040calling
Frodo and Sam went back to ordinary attire… when there was need they wore still the mail-shirts
LR-RC-1058I wish for no killing… unless it must be done, to prevent them from hurting hobbits
LR-RC-10426 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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