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'''''The Fellowship of the Ring''''' is the first of the three volumes of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], first published in 1954. It begins the great quest to destroy the [[One Ring]] and introduces the chief members of the company who set out to oppose the Dark Lord [[Sauron]]. ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was written as a single continuous novel but published in three parts; ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' comprises the first two of its six internal books.

The volume opens in the peaceful [[Shire]] and follows the [[One Ring]] from a quiet inheritance to the launching of a perilous mission that will decide the fate of [[Middle-earth]].

== Overview ==
The story begins with [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s farewell celebration in the [[Shire]], at which he passes his magic ring to his heir [[Frodo Baggins]]. The [[wizard]] [[Gandalf]] discovers that the ring is in fact the [[One Ring]] of [[Sauron]], and that it must be taken away from the [[Shire]] before the Dark Lord's servants find it. [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] sets out with his companions [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], pursued by the dreadful [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]].

After perils on the road and a desperate flight to the Elf-haven of [[Rivendell]], the [[Council of Elrond]] determines that the [[One Ring]] must be destroyed in the fires of [[Mount Doom]] where it was made. A company of nine, the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], is formed to aid the [[Ring-bearer]]: [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and the three other [[hobbit]]s, the wizard [[Gandalf]], the men [[Aragorn]] and [[Boromir]], the Elf [[Legolas]], and the Dwarf [[Gimli]]. Their journey takes them through the mines of [[Moria]], where [[Gandalf]] falls battling a [[Balrog]], and on to the Elven realm of [[Lothlórien]], before the Fellowship begins to break apart.

== Place in the series ==
''The Fellowship of the Ring'' establishes the central quest and the principal heroes of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Its key viewpoint character is [[Frodo Baggins]], with much of the tale following the [[hobbit]]s, and it ends with the company sundered, setting up the divided narratives of ''[[The Two Towers]]''.

== Publication ==
''The Fellowship of the Ring'' was first published in 1954 by George Allen and Unwin, the first part of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' to appear. It was followed within months by the second volume.

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The Fellowship of the Ring - Revision history

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