what is the book about?
The book is largely about the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who finds the Ring that had been in the possession of the creature Gollum.
The Lord of the Rings
The prologue explains that the book is "largely concerned with hobbits", and tells of their origins in a migration from the east; of how they smoke "pipe-weed"; of how the Shire, where most of them live, is organised; and how the narrative follows on from "The Hobbit", in which the hobbit Bilbo Baggins finds the Ring, which had been in the possession of the creature Gollum.
lord of the rings book number of pages The original manuscripts has a total 9,250 pages.
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The Lord of the Rings [SEP] Prologue
The prologue explains that the book is "largely concerned with hobbits", and tells of their origins in a migration from the east; of how they smoke "pipe-weed"; of how the Shire, where most of them live, is organised; and how the narrative follows on from "The Hobbit", in which the hobbit Bilbo Baggins finds the Ring, which had been in the possession of the creature Gollum.