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Returnoftheshadow

The 1988 Houghton Mifflin release, with art by Alan Lee

The Return of the Shadow is the sixth volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, and the initial volume of the sub-series The History of The Lord of the Rings.

Synopsis[]

The book begins with the initial compositions of J.R.R. Tolkien's early Lord of the Rings drafts, and goes through to the passage of the Mines of Moria.

The opening inscription of the volume reads: "In the Return of the Shadow are traced the first forms of the story of the Lord of the Rings; herein the journey of the Hobbit who bore the Great Ring, at first named Bilbo but afterwards Frodo, is followed from Hobbiton in the Shire through the Old Forest to Weathertop and Rivendell, and ends in this volume before the Tomb of Balin, the Dwarf-lord of Moria."

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Die Terugkeer van die Skaduwee
Albanian Kthimi i Hijes
Amharic ጥላዎች ተመልሰዋል
Arabic عودة المو ظل
Armenian Ստվերները վերադառնում են
Azerbaijani Kölgələr qayıdır
Basque Itzalak itzulera
Belarusian Cyrillic Вяртанне цень
Bengali শ্যাডো এর রিটার্ন
Bosnian Povratak sjenka
Bulgarian Cyrillic Завръщането на Сянката
Cambodian ត្រឡប់មកវិញស្រមោល
Catalan El retorn de l'Ombra
Cebuano Ang Pagbalik sa Anino
Chinese 阴影的回归
Croatian Povratak sjene
Czech Návrat stínu
Danish Skyggen vender tilbage
Dutch De terugkeer van de schaduw
Esperanto La Reveno de la Ombro
Estonian Varjud tagasitulek
Filipino Ang pagbabalik ng mga Anino
Finnish Varjot paluu
French Le retour de l'ombre
Galician O retorno do Sombra
Georgian წყვდიადის დაბრუნება
German Die Rückkehr des Schatten
Greek Η Επιστροφή της Σκιάς
Gujarati છાયા ના વળતર
Hausa Da Komawa na Inuwa
Hebrew שובו של הצל
Hindi रिटर्न ऑफ़ द छाया
Hungarian A Árnyék visszatér
Icelandic Skuggi er aftur
Igbo Nloghachi nke onyinyo
Indonesian Kembalinya bayangan
Italian Il ritorno del Ombra
Latin Regressus umbra
Latvian Ēnu atgriešanās
Lithuanian Šešėlio sugrįžimas
Japanese 影の帰還
Kannada ಶಾಡೋಸ್ ಮರಳುತ್ತದೆ
Kazakh Көлеңкелері оралуы (Cyrillic) Köleñkeleri oralwı (Latin)
Kurdish Şadiyan vegerr (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Көлөкөлөр кайра
Laotian ການກັບຄືນຂອງເງົາ
Latvian Ēnas atgriešanās
Lithuanian Šešėlis grįžti
Luxembourgish D'Zréck vun der Schied
Macedonian Cyrillic Враќањето на Сенка
Malagasy Ny Fiverenan' ilay Tandindona
Malaysian Kembalinya bayangan
Marathi सावली परत येतात
Maltese Ir-Ritorn tad-dell
Mongolian Cyrillic Сүүдэрүүд буцаж ирнэ
Norwegian Skyggene retur
Occitan Lo retorn del Ombra
Pashto تیاره بیرته راستنیږي
Persian بازگشت سایه
Polish Powrót cienia
Portuguese O Retorno do Sombra
Punjabi ਸ਼ੈਡੋ ਦੀ ਵਾਪਸੀ
Romanian Întoarcerea umbrei
Russian Возвращение Тени
Scottish Gaelic An Tilleadh de na sgàile
Serbian Повратак сјене (Cyrillic) Povratak sjene (Latin)
Sinhalese සෙවනැල්ල නැවත පැමිණීම
Slovak Návrat tieňa
Slovenian Vrnitev sence
Spanish El retorno del Sombra
Swahili Kurudi ya kivuli
Swedish Skuggor återvänder
Tamil நிழல் மீண்டும்
Telugu నీడ తిరిగి
Thai เงามืดที่หวนคืน
Turkish Gölgenin Dönüşü
Ukrainian Cyrillic Повернення Тіні
Urdu سایہ کی واپسی
Uzbek Соялар қайтади (Cyrillic) Soyalar qaytadi (Latin)
Vietnamese Sự trở lại của các Bóng tối
Welsh Y Dychwelyd y cysgodol
Yiddish דער צוריקקער פון די שאָטן


The History of Middle-earth Series (1983 - 2002)

The Book of Lost Tales Part One | The Book of Lost Tales Part Two | The Lays of Beleriand | The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | The Lost Road and Other Writings | The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One | The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two | The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three | Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four | Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman | The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two | The Peoples of Middle-earth | The History of Middle-earth: Index


J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
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