The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy tale novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955, each volume consists of two books. The first volume entitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers is the second volume and third volume of The Return of the King. This story was written from 1937 to 1949 and became one of the literary works of the 20th century's most popular and translated into 38 languages.
The Lord of the Rings was filmed three times, first as an animated film by Ralph Bakshi in 1978 (as part of the first of two films that originally planned), the second in 1980 as a television show. The third masterpiece, the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings by director Peter Jackson, released in 2001, 2002, and 2003, won several Academy Awards and renew public interest in this trilogy and other works of Tolkien
