The hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Series (with order)

The Lord of the Rings (0|Prequel)

Middle-earth

Canonical Title

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again

Original publication date

1937

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Awards and honors

New York Herald Tribune's Children's Spring Book Festival Award (1938)

Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 19)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 5)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1977)

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First words

In a hole in the ground 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 eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Quotations

Never laugh at live dragons.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0618260307, Paperback)

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when first published more than sixty years ago. Now recognized as a timeless classic with sales of more than 40 million copies worldwide, this introduction to Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Wizard, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth tells of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.

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