In an age of fractured attention spans and fast-moving entertainment, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings stands as a monumental achievement in imagination, language, and moral storytelling. First published between 1954 and 1955, the epic trilogy—The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King—invites readers into the fully realized world of Middle-earth, where the fate of both small and great depends on the choices made in dark times. At its heart, The Lord of the Rings is a story about ordinary people rising to meet extraordinary challenges. Frodo Baggins, a humble hobbit from the…