J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic fantasy novel — The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King — following Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the One Ring and the War of the Ring against Sauron — the foundational text of modern fantasy literature.
Creates the definitive modern treatment of evil as the lust for domination — Sauron's Ring corrupts through the desire to control others absolutely — and the moral that the greatest heroism is often the simple, unglamorous persistence of the ordinary person against overwhelming despair.
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