There were many surprising moments for book readers in The Lord of the Rings, with Galadriel turning "dark" not the least of them, but this can be explained. English high fantasy master J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world of The Lord of the Rings in The Hobbit, his 1937 children's book. His magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, was published in three parts between 1954 and 1955, introducing Galadriel. For some, this Galadriel didn't quite gel with the scary figure who appeared in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.