The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings: Deluxe Pocket Boxed Set

Immerse yourself in Middle-earth with J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic masterpieces behind the films, in this gorgeous pocket-sized, leatherette-bound box set--the perfect gift for Lord of the Rings devotees.

This four-volume, pocket-sized boxe set contains Tolkien’s epic works The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King). The set comes shrink-wrapped with all four books in a leatherette-bound box with gold foil stamping; each book features a leatherette cover with stamped title and their compact size (4 1/4＂ x 5 7/8＂) makes them perfect to carry anywhere.

In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in Hobbiton by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves. He finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

Tolkien’s epic tales are at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale--a story of high and heroic adventure set in the unforgettable landscape of Middle-earth.

作者簡介

托爾金（J. R. R. Tolkien）

　　英國文學家，生於1892年1月3日，1915年牛津大學畢業，專研盎格魯撒克遜（Anglo-Saxon）歷史和語言。1925年回牛津大學擔任教授，時年33歲，是牛津大學有史以來最年輕的教授。同時，他也展開一系列神話故事的創作。最膾炙人口的有《哈比人》（The Hobbit or There and Back Again）、和《魔戒》（The Lord of the Rings）這兩部震碩古今的奇幻小說。此兩部鉅作被譽為近代所有奇幻作品的鼻祖，影響深遠。

　　托爾金於1973年9月2日在牛津逝世，但他的作品並不因此而銷聲匿跡，反而繼續傳播世界各地。至今全球已暢銷一億餘冊。《魔戒》在全球許多票選活動中都被選為二十世紀之書、AMAZON網路書店票選為兩千年以來最重要的書籍

　　J.R.R. Tolkien (1892.1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.