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Contents
Contents
Front Matter
Epigraph
Note on the Text
Note on the 50th Anniversary Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Prologue
The Fellowship of the Ring
Book One
1
A Long-Expected Party
2
The Shadow of the Past
3
Three is Company
4
A Short Cut to Mushrooms
5
A Conspiracy Unmasked
6
The Old Forest
7
In the House of Tom Bombadil
8
Fog on the Barrow-downs
9
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
10
Strider
11
A Knife in the Dark
12
Flight to the Ford
Book Two
1
Many Meetings
2
The Council of Elrond
3
The Ring Goes South
4
A Journey in the Dark
5
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
6
Lothlórien
7
The Mirror of Galadriel
8
Farewell to Lórien
9
The Great River
10
The Breaking of the Fellowship
The Two Towers
Book Three
1
The Departure of Boromir
2
The Riders of Rohan
3
The Uruk-hai
4
Treebeard
5
The White Rider
6
The King of the Golden Hall
7
Helm’s Deep
8
The Road to Isengard
9
Flotsam and Jetsam
10
The Voice of Saruman
11
The Palantír
Book Four
1
The Taming of Sméagol
2
The Passage of the Marshes
3
The Black Gate is Closed
4
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
5
The Window on the West
6
The Forbidden Pool
7
Journey to the Cross-roads
8
The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
9
Shelob’s Lair
10
The Choices of Master Samwise
The Return of the King
Book Five
1
Minas Tirith
2
The Passing of the Grey Company
3
The Muster of Rohan
4
The Siege of Gondor
5
The Ride of the Rohirrim
6
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
7
The Pyre of Denethor
8
The Houses of Healing
9
The Last Debate
10
The Black Gate Opens
Book Six
1
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
2
The Land of Shadow
3
Mount Doom
4
The Field of Cormallen
5
The Steward and the King
6
Many Partings
7
Homeward Bound
8
The Scouring of the Shire
9
The Grey Havens
Appendices
Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers
Appendix B: The Tale of Years
Appendix C: Family Trees
Appendix D: Shire Calendar
Appendix E: Writing and Spelling
Appendix F: Languages and Peoples
Back Matter
Index
Maps
Footnotes