The Fellowship of the Ring

NOTE ON THE TEXT ix FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION xv PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters 1 BOOK ONE I A Long-expected Party II The Shadow of the Past III Three is Company IV A Short Cut of Mushrooms V A Conspiracy Unmasked VI The Old Forest VII In the House of Tom Bombadil VIII Fog on the Barrow-downs IX At the Sign of The Prancing Pony X Strider XI A Knife in the Dark XII Flight to the Ford BOOK TWO I Many Meetings II The Council of Elrond III The Ring Goes South IV A Journey in the Dark V The Bridge of Khazad-dûm VI Lothlórien VII The Mirror of Galadriel VIII Farewell to Lórien IX The Great River X The Breaking of the Fellowship