The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien & Douglas A. Anderson
Book 0.0 of Lord of the Rings
Language: English
Adventure Baggins Bilbo (Fictitious character) Children's 12-Up - Literature - Classics Children: Grades 2-3 Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9) Childrens Classics Fantasy Fantasy & Magic Fantasy Fiction Fiction General Juvenile Fiction Magic Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Science Fiction Young Adult
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: Sep 21, 1937
Description:
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!