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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction.
- J. R. R. Tolkien, Douglas A Anderson
- 1937
Jan 14, 2023 · There and Back Again was a book written by Bilbo Baggins recounting his adventures with Thorin and Company and the quest to reclaim the Dwarf-realm of Erebor. Conceived as his memoirs, the book was begun by Bilbo upon his return to Bag End but not completed until his retirement in Rivendell.
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There is an inscription in the Cirthcharacters in the title page, it reads: 1. "The Hobbit or There and Back Again, being the record of a year's journey made by Bilbo Baggins of Hobbiton; compiled from his memoirs by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd."
Gandalf tricks Bilbo Baggins into hosting a party for Thorin Oakenshield and his band of twelve dwarves (Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur), who sing of reclaiming their ancient home, Lonely Mountain, and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug. When the music ends, Gandalf unveils Thrór's Map showing ...
All editions of The Hobbitcontain two maps: 1. Thror's map 2. Map of Wilderland Most editions include another series of eight black and white illustrations, in some editions these have been coloured by H.E. Riddett, these are: 1. The Trolls 2. The Mountain-path 3. The Misty Mountains looking West 4. Beorn's Hall 5. The Elvenking's Gate 6. Lake Town...
Tolkien recollects in a 1955 letter to W.H. Auden (Letters, no. 163) that, in the late 1920s, when he was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, The Hobbitbegan when he was marking School Certificate papers, on the back of one of which he wrote the words "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit" which evolved into a story like the ones...
George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of The Hobbit on 21 September 1937. It was illustrated with many black-and-white drawings by Tolkien himself. The original printing numbered a mere 1,500 copies and sold out by 15 December that same year due to enthusiastic reviews. Houghton Mifflin of Boston and New York prepared an ...
On first publication in October 1937, The Hobbit was met with almost unanimously favourable reviews from publications both in the UK and the US, including The Times, Catholic World, and New York Post. C.S. Lewis, friend of Tolkien (and later author of The Chronicles of Narnia between 1949 and 1954), writing in The Timesreports: Lewis compares the b...
Radio and audio
The Hobbit has been adapted for other media. BBC Radio 4 broadcast The Hobbit radio drama, adapted by Michael Kilgarriff, in eight parts (4 hours) from September to November 1968, which starred Anthony Jackson as narrator, Paul Daneman as Bilbo and Heron Carvicas Gandalf. Middle-earth has been featured in songs notably by Enya and the Brobdingnagian Bards. Led Zeppelin's songs "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Ramble On" both contain references to Tolkien's mystical world. For The Hobbit itself, "The...
Video games
Several computer and video games, both official and unofficial, have been based on the story. One of the first was The Hobbit, a computer game developed in 1982by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House for most computers available at the time, from the more popular computers such as the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64, through to such esoteric computers as the Dragon 32 and Oric computers. By arrangement with publishers, a copy of the novel was included with each game sold. Vivendi...
Films
The first adaptation of The Hobbit was presented as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and was created by Gene Deitch in 1967. The film was produced by William Lawrence Snyder and took less than a month to create. The film was approximately twelve minutes long and was only created so that Snyder could extend his license for The Lord of the Ringsand sell it back to Tolkien and his publishers, which he did for $100,000. An animated film was first broadcasted on Sunday, 27 November, 1977 on NBC by Ran...
Poems in The HobbitTranslations of The Hobbit"The Quest of Erebor", from Unfinished TalesImages from The Hobbit illustrated by Alan LeeUK editions of The HobbitThe Hobbit: What has made the book such an enduring success? by Tom ShippeyEvery Dutch edition of The HobbitThe Hobbit is a book about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who joins a quest to reclaim a treasure from a dragon. The title refers to the journey of the characters, who travel "there and back again" in Middle-earth, a fictional world created by Tolkien.
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Aug 9, 2021 · A classic fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien about Bilbo Baggins's adventure with Gandalf and a group of dwarves. Download, borrow, or stream the book in various formats from the Internet Archive.
Feb 20, 2021 · A classic fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien about Bilbo Baggins's adventure with Gandalf and the dwarves. Download, borrow, or stream the 2012 edition of this book from the Internet Archive.
Oct 24, 1973 · The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) Hardcover – Illustrated, October 24, 1973. by J.R.R. Tolkien (Author) 4.8 1,383 ratings. See all formats and editions. This deluxe collector's edition of Tolkien's modern classic is boxed and bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil stamping on the spine and cover.
