Iyini INkosi Yezindandatho?
Context:I-Lord of the Rings iyinoveli ebabazekayo ye-high-fantasy yombhali waseNgilandi kanye nesazi uJ. R. R. Tolkien. Isethwe eMiddle-earth, le ndaba yaqala njengesiqephu sencwadi yezingane kaTolkien ka-1937 ethi The Hobbit, kodwa ekugcineni yathuthuka yaba umsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu. Njengoba yabhalwa ngezigaba phakathi kuka-1937 no-1949, i-Lord of the Rings ingenye yezincwadi ezithengwa kakhulu kunazo zonke ezake zabhalwa, njengoba kuye kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-150.
I-Lord of the Rings iyinoveli ebabazekayo ye-high-fantasy yombhali waseNgilandi kanye nesazi uJ. R. R. Tolkien. Isethwe eMiddle-earth, le ndaba yaqala njengesiqephu sencwadi yezingane kaTolkien ka-1937 ethi The Hobbit, kodwa ekugcineni yathuthuka yaba umsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu. Njengoba yabhalwa ngezigaba phakathi kuka-1937 no-1949, i-Lord of the Rings ingenye yezincwadi ezithengwa kakhulu kunazo zonke ezake zabhalwa, njengoba kuye kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-150.  Isihloko sibhekise kumphikisi oyinhloko wale ndaba,[b] iNkosi Emnyama uSawuron, okwathi, esikhathini esedlule, wadala i-One Ring ukubusa amanye ama-Rings of Power anikezwe amadoda, ama-Dwarves, nama-Elves, emkhankasweni wakhe wokunqoba wonke umhlaba ophakathi. Kusukela ekuqaleni okulula eShire, izwe lamaHobbits elikhumbuza emaphandleni aseNgilandi, le ndaba iqala eMiddle-earth, ilandela umzamo wokubhubhisa i-One Ring, ebonwa ikakhulukazi ngamehlo amaHobbits uFrodo, uSam, uMerry noPippin. Abasiza uFrodo uMthakathi uGandalf, uMuntu u-Aragorn, u-Elf Legolas kanye no-Gimli oyi-Dwarf, abahlangana ukuze baqoqe Abantu Abakhululekile baseMiddle-earth ngokumelene namabutho kaSauron futhi banikeze uFrodo ithuba lokucekela phansi iRing emlilweni weNtaba Yesiqalekiso.  Yize ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-trilogy, umsebenzi wawuhloselwe nguTolkien ukuthi ube ngumqulu owodwa weqoqo lezincwadi ezimbili kanye neThe Silmarillion. [T 3] Ngenxa yezizathu zezomnotho, INkosi Yamasongo yashicilelwa phakathi nonyaka kusukela ngoJulayi 29, 1954 kuya ku-Okthoba 20, 1955 ngemiqulu emithathu enesihloko esithi The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, kanye neThe Return of the King. Lo msebenzi uhlukaniswe waba yizincwadi eziyisithupha, ezimbili ngomqulu ngamunye, nezithasiselo eziningana zemininingwane eyisisekelo. Ezinye izinguqulo zakamuva zinyathelisa wonke umsebenzi womqulu owodwa, zilandela inhloso yombhali yasekuqaleni.  Umsebenzi kaTolkien, ngemuva kokwamukelwa okuxubile kwasekuqaleni ngabasunguli bezincwadi, ube yisihloko sokuhlaziywa okubanzi kwezindikimba zawo nemvelaphi. Ithonya kulokhu kusebenza kwangaphambilini, futhi endabeni ye-The Lord of the Rings, lifaka phakathi ifilology, izinganekwane, ubuKristu, imisebenzi yokuqala yamafantasy, kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala.  I-Lord of the Rings ibhekwa njengenye yezincwadi ze-fantasy ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezake zabhalwa futhi iye yasiza ekudaleni nasekubumbeni uhlobo lwe-fantasy yanamuhla. Selokhu yakhululwa, iphinde yanyatheliswa kaningi futhi yahunyushelwa ezilimini ezingaba ngu-38 okungenani. Ukuthandwa kwayo okungapheli kuholele ekubhekisweni okuningi emasikweni athandwayo, ekusungulweni kwemiphakathi eminingi ngabalandeli bemisebenzi kaTolkien, nasekushicilelweni kwezincwadi eziningi ngoTolkien nemisebenzi yakhe. Kuye kwaphefumulela imisebenzi eminingi ehlukahlukene, kuhlanganise imidwebo, umculo, amabhayisikobho, ithelevishini, imidlalo yama-video nemidlalo yasebhodini.  Ukuguqulwa kweThe Lord of the Rings okuye kwawina imiklomelo kuye kwenziwa emsakazweni, enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini nakumafilimu. Yabizwa ngokuthi inoveli yaseBrithani ethandwa kakhulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona ekuhlolweni kwe-BBC ngo-2003 iThe Big Read.