THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE HOBBIT – 4 Volume Boxed Set

4 VOLUME BOXED SET. J. R. .R. TOLKIEN. THE LORD OF THE RINGS- 1) THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. 2) THE TWO TOWERS. 3) THE RETURN OF THE KING. THE HOBBIT 2001. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy trilogy written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s earlier, less complex children’s fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work which formed the basis for the extended Middle-Earth Universe. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. It is the third best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.