

The third part in particular, The Return of the King, was very popular. The ages of his characters differ wildly Gollum is almost 600 years old, while Elrond, the elf, is several thousand years old, and Gandalf the Grey – and later the White – is immortal (for display reasons, both are thus not mentioned here).Īlready an established literary success, the 2001-2003 The Lord of the Rings movie adaptations by Peter Jackson were also extremely successful at the box office and even won several Oscars. Tolkien not only invented a whole universe, he also did not adhere to known age structures when he wrote The Lord of The Rings. Taking full advantage of the perks of the fantasy genre, J.R.R.
