Description: J.R.R. TOLKIEN Can you believe it? The Hobbit is 73 years old— and yet it remains as fresh and evocative as the day it was published. Originally intended to entertain Tolkien's own children, it has been beloved through the decades by young and old alike, and is today considered one of the most important books in the fantasy genre. Why? Perhaps because the world of The Hobbit was built on a plausible foundation and operated by rules readers could believe in. Tolkien drew on his knowledge of early English languages, mythology and runic magic to give his land of Middle-earth a history and logic that not only sustains readers belief, but which has influenced countless imitators. And he told it all with a peerless wit and style. The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a respectable member of a race of little people called hobbits. Now, like many of his kind, Bilbo cherishes comfort and spurns adventure of any sort. But that will all change when Gandalf the wizard scratches a sign in his door, and the hobbit is besieged by thirteen ravenous dwarves. The next thing he knows, Bilbo is off on a perilous quest to reclaim a stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug, a quest that will lead him to a creature named Gollum and a very magical ring.... This edition contains all revisions and corrections that have been made since the original publication and includes endpaper maps and b&w illustrations by Tolkien himself.
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Book Series: The Hobbit
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Item Length: 5.5
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Intended Audience: Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
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Publication Year: 1997
Type: Novel
Item Height: 9 in
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Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Topic: Fantasy
Item Width: 1 in
Number of Pages: 249
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Référence Publishers
Book Title: Hobbit or there and Back Again
Language: English
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Format: Hardcover
