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Fantasy novels adapted into films

  • The Lord of the RingsIn the quiet village of Hobbiton, a hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring from his uncle Bilbo. This object is not merely jewelry but the…
  • The Borrowers (novel)Mary Norton published The Borrowers in 1952 through Dent. This children's fantasy novel introduced a family of tiny people living secretly within the walls…
  • The HobbitIn the early 1930s, J. R. R. Tolkien sat at his desk as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He was marking School Certificate papers when he…
  • Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryRoald Dahl sat at his desk in 1964 and began writing a story about a boy named Charlie Bucket. The idea came from his time as a student at Repton School in…
  • The Two TowersThe Two Towers first appeared in print during 1954 as the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.
  • Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift began writing Gulliver's Travels in 1720, completing the manuscript by August 1725. The work emerged from a circle of writers known as the…
  • The Return of the KingJ. R. R. Tolkien conceived The Lord of the Rings as a single work containing six books plus extensive appendices. In 1953, he proposed specific titles for…
  • Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes sold the rights to his novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha in July 1604. The publisher Francisco de Robles received a…
  • The Lost World (Doyle novel)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stood before the Royal Geographical Society on the 13th of February 1911. He listened intently as his friend Percy Harrison Fawcett…
  • The Fellowship of the RingThe first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring appeared on the 29th of July 1954 in the United Kingdom. J. R. R. Tolkien had originally envisioned his epic…