The Lord of the Rings, translated into The Lord of the Rings, is a long fantasy novel written by John Ronald Ryle Tolkien, an English writer and professor at Oxford University. This book is a sequel to The Hobbit and is recognized as the originator of modern fantasy literature. After twelve years of creation and four years of revision, The Lord of the Rings was published from 1954 to 1955. The book is divided into three parts: "The Ring Guard Alliance", "The Twin Towers" and "The Return of th...