内容简介
TheprequeltoTheLordoftheRings—TheHobbit—isnowamajormotionpicturedirectedbyPeterJacksonTHEGREATESTFANTASYEPICOFOURTIMETheFellowshipisscattered.SomearebracinghopelesslyforwaragainsttheancientevilofSauron.SomearecontendingwiththetreacheryofthewizardSaruman.OnlyFrodoandSamarelefttotaketheaccursedOneRing,rulerofalltheRingsofPower,tobedestroyedinMordor,thedarkrealmwhereSauronissupreme.TheirguideisGollum,deceitfulandlust-filled,slavetothecorruptionoftheRing.ThuscontinuesthebestsellingepicthatbeganinTheFellowshipoftheRing,andwhichreachesitsmagnificentclimaxinTheReturnoftheKing.
作者简介
JohnRonaldReuelTolkienwasbornonJanuary3,1892,inBloemfontein,SouthAfrica.AfterservinginWorldWarI,heembarkeduponadistinguishedacademiccareerandwasrecognizedasoneofthefinestphilologistsintheworld.HewasaprofessorofAnglo-SaxonatOxford,afellowofPembrokeCollege,andafellowofMertonCollegeuntilhisretirementin1959.Heis,however,belovedthroughouttheworldasthecreatorofMiddle-earthandauthorofsuchclassicworksasTheHobbitandTheLordoftheRings.HediedonSeptember2,1973,attheageofeighty-one.,,