CONTENTS

NOTE ON THE TEXT

NOTE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
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-du^m
Lothlo'rien
The Mirror of Galadriel
Farewell to Lo'rien
The Great River
The Breaking of the Fellowship
THE TWO TOWERS
BOOK THREE
The Departure of Boromir
The Riders of Rohan
The Uruk-hai
Treebeard
The White Rider
The King of the Golden Hall
Helm's Deep
The Road to Isengard
Flotsam and Jetsam
The Voice of Saruman
The Palanty'r
BOOK FOUR
The Taming of Sme'agol
The Passage of the Marshes
The Black Gate is Closed
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
The Window on the West
The Forbidden Pool
Journey to the Cross-roads
The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
Shelob's Lair
The Choices of Master Samwise
THE RETURN OF THE KING
BOOK FIVE
Minas Tirith
The Passing of the Grey Company
The Muster of Rohan
The Siege of Gondor
The Ride of the Rohirrim
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
The Pyre of Denethor
The Houses of Healing
The Last Debate
The Black Gate Opens
BOOK SIX
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
The Land of Shadow
Mount Doom
The Field of Cormallen
The Steward and the King
Many Partings
Homeward Bound
The Scouring of the Shire
The Grey Havens
APPENDICES
ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS
The Nu'meno'rean Kings
The House of Eorl
Durin's Folk
THE TALE OF YEARS (CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTLANDS)
FAMILY TREES (HOBBITS)
CALENDARS
WRITING AND SPELLING
Pronunciation of Words and Names
Writing
THE LANGUAGES AND PEOPLES OF THE THIRD AGE
On Translation
INDEXES
Songs and Verses
Persons, Beasts and Monsters
Places
Things
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