title: The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle-Earth, Part 1, Vol. 6
author:  J. R. R. Tolkien 
description: J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.
zlib_text: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
  
  BEING THE FIRST PART OF
  THE LORD OF THE RINGS
  BY
  J.R.R. TOLKIEN
  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  
  Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
  Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
  Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
  One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
  In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
  One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
  In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  
  CONTENTS
  TITLE PAGE
  NOTE ON THE TEXT
  NOTE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
  FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
  PROLOGUE
  BOOK ONE
  CHAPTER 1: A LONG-EXPECTED PARTY
  CHAPTER 2: THE SHADOW OF THE PAST
  CHAPTER 3: THREE IS COMPANY
  CHAPTER 4: A SHORT CUT TO MUSHROOMS
  CHAPTER 5: A CONSPIRACY UNMASKED
  CHAPTER 6: THE OLD FOREST
  CHAPTER 7: IN THE HOUSE OF TOM BOMBADIL
  CHAPTER 8: FOG ON THE BARROW-DOWNS
  CHAPTER 9: AT THE SIGN OF THE PRANCING PONY
  CHAPTER 10: STRIDER
  CHAPTER 11: A KNIFE IN THE DARK
  CHAPTER 12: FLIGHT TO THE