The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
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The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) is a nonfiction book by the scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. It is an annotated reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's heroic romance, The Lord of the Rings.
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Author | Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull |
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Cover artist | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Language | English |
Subject | The Lord of the Rings |
Genre | Non-fiction; Literary history; Literary analysis |
Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Publication date | December 27, 2005 |
Pages | 894 + lxxxii (hardcover) 976 (paperback) |
ISBN | 0-00-720308-X (UK hardcover) 0-00-720907-X ( UK paperback) 0-618-64267-6 (US hardcover) |
OCLC | 61687696 |
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LC Class | PR6039.O32 L6338 2005 |
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The Reader's Companion was designed to accompany the revised one-volume 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin, 2004; ISBN 0-618-51765-0). It is available in both hardcover and paperback, and not to be confused with Hammond and Scull's similarly named reference book The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006).