![]() Gandalf grows from being a cantankerous conjurer to a mighty enemy of Sauron. The Dwarves become the noble Khazad, the Naugrim with a fierce loyalty to kin and friends and ever willing to fight for their rights. They are the Firstborn, ancient beings of great ability and nobility who have their own sorrows. The Elves no longer sit in trees and sing silly songs. The Lord of the Rings is the book for those children who enjoyed the Hobbit who are now grown up. The Hobbit is a children’s book that adults can enjoy. ![]() ![]() Tolkien’s two worlds that briefly touched in the Hobbit, came together to produce the epic tale of the War of the Ring and the end of the Elder Days of the Eldar. Very soon, however, the tale took on a darker and grander tone. ![]() The early drafts of the story were written in the same lighthearted manner as the Hobbit in a style quite different from the stories of the Elves, posthumously published as the Silmarilion, that Tolkien considered his real life’s work. The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to Tolkien’s successful children’s book, The Hobbit. The tale grew in the telling, as Tolkien put it. ![]()
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