The Lord Of The Rings: Facts About J.R.R. Tolkien’s Saga

Initially, TLOTR was not intended to be a trilogy. Tolkien started writing this in 1937, at the age of 45 and it was 12 years later when the book was published. Because of the fact that Tolkien’s writing has reached 1000 pages and 500,000 words, as well as the post-war paper shortage, his publisher decided to release the book in three parts – Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.