What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1954 novel about the Fellowship’s journey from Rivendell?
Answer
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1954 novel about the Fellowship’s journey from Rivendell.
George Allen & Unwin published the volume on 29 July 1954 as the first part of The Lord of the Rings. It follows Frodo Baggins after he learns that Bilbo’s ring is the One Ring, created by Sauron and dangerous to every free people of Middle-earth.
The Fellowship is formed at Rivendell to carry the Ring toward Mordor, where it can be destroyed. Its members include Frodo, Samwise Gamgee, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf.
The novel ends after the Fellowship breaks apart. Tolkien’s three-volume structure is often called a trilogy, but he regarded The Lord of the Rings as one work published in separate volumes. The next two volumes are The Two Towers and The Return of the King.