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Tolkien himself had sub-divided The Lord of the Rings into six parts, called Book I-VI, according to the plot.
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The Lord of the Rings is often called a trilogy, because the publisher split the book into three parts because of the book's size. It is one of the most popular stories in 20th-century literature and has been an important book for the fantasy genre. Since then, The Lord of the Rings has been translated into 38 languages. It was originally published in three parts in the years 19. He also moved its (and The Hobbit's) story into his fictional world Middle-earth, which he had already invented long before he wrote The Hobbit. The most critical reader of all, myself, now finds many defects, minor and major, but being fortunately under no obligation either to review the book or to write it again, he will pass over these in silence, except one that has been noted by others: the book is too short.The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier fantasy book, The Hobbit, but quickly became a much larger story. It is perhaps not possible in a long tale to please everybody at all points, nor to displease everybody at the same points for I find from the letters that I have received that the passages or chapters that are to some a blemish are all by others specially approved. But even from the points of view of many who have enjoyed my story there is much that fails to please. Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving, and for many the guide was inevitably often at fault. The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.
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The Lord of the Ringshas been read by many people since it finally appeared in print and I should like to say something here with reference to the many opinions or guesses that I have received or have read concerning the motives and meaning of the tale. Foresight had failed and there was no time for thought. In the next year I wrote the first drafts of the matter that now stands as Book Three, and the beginnings of chapters I and III of Book Five and there as the beacons flared in Anorien and Theoden came to Harrowdale I stopped. It was almost a year later when I went on and so came to Lothlorien and the Great River late in 1941. In spite of the darkness of the next five years I found that the story could not now be wholly abandoned, and I plodded on, mostly by night, till I stood by Balin's tomb in Moria. The delay was, of course, also increased by the outbreak of war in 1939, by the end of which year the tale had not yet reached the end of Book One. Those who had asked for more information about hobbits eventually got it, but they had to wait a long time for the composition ofThe Lord of the Rings went on at intervals during the years 1936 to 1949, a period in which I had many duties that I did not neglect, and many other interests as a learner and teacher that often absorbed me.