<p><P>The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. <p>In the ancient world of Middle-earth-a place of elves and dwarves, orcs and wizards, the darkest evil and the brightest good-a hobbit named Frodo Baggins embarks on a perilous quest: to carry the One Ring, ruler of all the Rings of Power, into the shadowy land of Mordor and destroy it in the fires where it was forged.</p><h3>New Republic</h3><p>One of the very few works of genius in recent literature.</p>