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					Originally Posted by  HarryT
					 
				 
				But LOTR is not a trilogy (the "Note on the Text" at the start of all modern editions specifically says so). It's a single novel originally published in three volumes due to the economics of post-war printing. 
			
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 Right, and this is the same thing. It's one book, but can/may be split for reasons of convenience/economics.