See the lead images in the articles on the three separate volumes, e.g. The Fellowship of the Ring. Outside commercial exploitation from adaptations, from the late 1960s onwards there has been an increasing variety of original licensed merchandise, with posters and calendars created by illustrators such as Barbara Remington. [152]

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Auden, W. H. (22 January 1956). "At the End of the Quest, Victory". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011 . Retrieved 4 December 2010. J. R. R. Tolkien Collection: Marquette Archives | Raynor Memorial Libraries | Marquette University". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. J. R. R. Tolkien did not like it when the word "novel" was used to describe his works, preferring the phrase "heroic romance", but "novel" is commonly applied. [T 20] Volume I: Prologue, The Ring Sets Out, The Ring Goes South; Volume II: The Treason of Isengard, The Ring Goes East; Volume III: The War of the Ring, The End of the Third Age, Appendices A–F. Further information: J. R. R. Tolkien and Literary devices in The Lord of the Rings Navigable diagram of Tolkien's legendarium. The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to The Hobbit but gradually took in elements of the legendarium, the mythology summarized in The Silmarillion.

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In early 2023, Warner Bros Discovery announced that multiple new movies set in Middle-earth are in development, and will be produced along with New Line Cinema and Freemode. [120] Audiobooks [ edit ] The books were published under a profit-sharing arrangement, whereby Tolkien would not receive an advance or royalties until the books had broken even, after which he would take a large share of the profits. [58] It has ultimately become one of the best-selling novels ever written, with 50 million copies sold by 2003 [59] and over 150 million copies sold by 2007. [2] The work was published in the UK by Allen & Unwin until 1990, when the publisher and its assets were acquired by HarperCollins. [60] [61] Editions and revisions [ edit ] Shulevitz, Judith (22 April 2001). "Hobbits in Hollywood". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009 . Retrieved 13 May 2006. Main article: J. R. R. Tolkien's influences Beowulf 's eotenas [ond] ylfe [ond] orcneas, "ogres [and] elves [and] devil-corpses" helped to inspire Tolkien to create the Orcs and Elves of Middle-earth. [20]Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Soundscape by Phil Dragash". archive.org. 2013 . Retrieved 11 March 2022.