| Variant title |
J.R.R. Tolkien, Sauron defeated |
| Series |
The history of The lord of the rings ; pt. 4
Tolkien, Christopher. History of The lord of the rings; pt. 4. ^A1420352
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| Contents |
Part 1. The end of the third age. The story of Frodo and Sam in Mordor ; The tower of Kirith Ungol ; The land of the shadow ; Mount Doom ; The field of Kormallen ; The steward and the king ; Many partings ; Homeward bound ; The scouring of the shire ; The grey havens ; The epilogue ; Appendix : Drawings of Orthanc and Dunharrow -- Part 2. The Notion Club papers. Introduction ; Foreword and list of members ; The Notion Club papers Part One ; The Notion Club papers Part Two ; Major divergences in earlier versions of Part Two: (i) The earlier versions of Night 66, (ii) The original version of Lowdham's 'Fragments', (iii) The earlier versions of Lowdham's 'Fragments' in Adunaic, (iv) Earlier versions of Edwin Lowdham's Old English text, (v) The page preserved from Edwin Lowdham's manuscript written in Numenorean script -- Part 3. The drowning of Anadûnê. (i) The third version of The fall of Numenor, (ii) The original text of The drowning of Anadûnê, (iii) The second text of The drowning of Anadûnê, (iv) The final form of The drowning of Anadûnê, (v) The theory of the work, (vi) Lowdham's report on the Adunaic language. |
| Abstract |
This ninth volume in the history of Middle-earth brings to a conclusion the four books dealing The Lord of the Rings. Includes a never before published alternate ending to the masterpiece, Tolkien's long-lost time travel story, a description of the fall of Numenor, and the debut of Adunaic--Tolkien's 15th invented language. |
| General note | At head of title: J.R.R. Tolkien. |
| General note | "The Notion Club papers, and, The drowning of Anadûnê, edited by Christopher Tolkien." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 92014587 |
| ISBN | 0395606497 |
| ISBN | 9780395606490 |
