Fellowship of the Ring/Summary
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Summary
Book 1
Chapter 1
A Long-Expected Party
- Shire
- Bilbo's 111th birthday party
- Gandalf arrives
- Party preparations
- Bilbo says farewell
- Gandalf meets Bilbo back at Bag End
- Discussion about Bilbo's plans
- Bilbo tries to leave with the ring
- Bilbo departs
- Frodo arrives
- Gandalf doesn't say much about the ring
- People coming to get things from Bag End
- Gandalf and Frodo have a discussion in the evening
- True story of how Bilbo obtained the ring
- Gandalf begins to wonder about the ring
- Tells Frodo not to use it
- Gandalf departs, Frodo does not see him again for a long time
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 1
Chapter 2
The Shadow of the Past
- Shire
- This chapter covers a lot of time between the birthday party and the beginning of Frodo's quest
- Rumors of strange things, strangers passing through the Shire, elves going west
- Gandalf does not appear for several years
- Sam introduced as Frodo's gardner
- Gandalf first appears 3 years after the birthday party
- Shows up frequently for 1-2 years
- Disappears for nine years
- Gandalf appears one day
- Gandalf tells Frodo about the rings of power
- Mortals do not die/do not grow/merely continues
- The ring will change shape/size
- Gandalf recounts the White Council discussing how to drive Sauron from Mirkwood (just before the Battle of Five Armies)
- Bilbo lying about the ring to claim it (parallels Smeagol behavior)
- Gandalf raises prospect of Sauron invading the Shire
- Ring is thrown into the fire, ancient Elvish characters but language of Mordor
- Gandalf reveals that it is the One Ring
- Sauron discovered the ring was not lost, gathering strength in Mordor, looking for the ring
- Some history on the ring
- Isildur (Elendil's son) cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand
- Sauron retreated, eventually fled to Mirkwood
- Isildur attacked by Orcs, ring fell into the Great River
- Deagol/Smeagol story
- Smeagol wanders, begins obsessing, stealing, takes name Gollum
- Retreated into the Misty Mountains, Sauron knew nothing of the ring
- Similarities between river folk (Smeagol) and hobbits (love of riddles)
- Gollumn growing to hate the dark, hate the light, hate the ring
- Ring of power looks after itself
- Gandalf reveals he has talked with Gollumn, finding him
- Precious
- Mirkwood elves helped track Gollum
Chapter 3
Three is Company
Chapter 4
A Shortcut to Mushrooms
Chapter 5
A Conspiracy Unmasked
Chapter 6
The Old Forest
Chapter 7
In the House of Tom Bombadil
Chapter 8
Fog on the Barrow-Downs
Chapter 9
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Chapter 10
Strider
Chapter 11
A Knife in the Dark
Chapter 12
Flight to the Ford
Book 2
Chapter 1
Many Meetings
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 1 2
Chapter 2
The Council of Elrond
Chapter 3
The Ring Goes South
Chapter 4
A Journey in the Dark
Chapter 5
The Bridge of Khazad-Dum
Chapter 6
Lothlorien
Chapter 7
The Mirror of Galadriel
Chapter 8
Farewell to Lorien
Chapter 9
The Great River
Chapter 10
The Breaking of the Fellowship
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