[The Hobbit 01] • The hobbit, or, There and back again
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- Authors
- Tolkien, J.R.R.
- Publisher
- Unwin Books
- Tags
- fantasy , classics , adventure , young adult , science fiction , childrens
- ISBN
- 9780048230706
- Date
- 1937-09-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.23 MB
- Lang
- en
*In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001). Unforgettable!