The Hobbit
1937 fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, is a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was first published on September 21, 1937. Tolkien wrote it in the 1930s for his children as a bedtime story. The story takes place before The Lord of the Rings.
Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Illustrator | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Cover artist | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
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Set in | Middle-earth |
Publisher | George Allen & Unwin (UK) |
Publication date | 21 September 1937 |
Pages | 310 (first edition) |
OCLC | 1827184 |
LC Class | PR6039.O32 H63 |
Followed by | The Lord of the Rings |
The plot is about the hobbit (a small race of people invented by Tolkien) Bilbo Baggins who goes on an adventurous quest with a group of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf, in order to fight the dragon Smaug, which has stolen the treasures and home of the dwarves.
Although Tolkien borrowed (for example names and background) from his own Middle-earth storyline, The Hobbit was at first not intended to be part of it. Only later, when Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, did he integrate the story of both Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings into his Middle-earth world.