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A flawless masterpiece A finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls ... an exciting epic of travel and magical adventure, all working up to a devastating climax  Mucho menos pesado que el resto de libros del Señor de los Anillos, más facil de leer. Culmina las tres grandes obras del Señor de los anillos de Tolkien. Is contained inJ.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit, Mr Baggins and The Return to Bag-End: Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS, SILMARILLION, HOBBIT, BOOK OF LOST TALES, UNFINISHED TALES IN 8 VOLS Easton Press by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit / Roverandom / Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit / Farmer Giles of Ham / The Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Tree and Leaf / Smith of Wootton Major / The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son / The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien ContainsThe Hobbit (Unabridged) (part 1 of 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien ホビットの冒険〈上〉 (岩波少年文庫) | The Hobbit (Part 1) by J.R.R. トールキン ホビットの冒険〈下〉 (岩波少年文庫) | The Hobbit (Part 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien Has the adaptationThe Hobbit {graphic novel} by Chuck Dixon The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012 film] by Peter Jackson The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013 film] by Peter Jackson The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014 film] by Peter Jackson Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit {BBC dramatization} by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit [1977 film] by Arthur Jr. Rankin The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (Graphic Novel, Book 1) by Chuck Dixon The Hobbit: A 3-D Pop-Up Adventure by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (Graphic Novel, Book 2) by Charles Dixon J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (Playscript) by Patricia Gray The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (Graphic Novel, Book 3) by Chuck Dixon Is abridged inIs expanded inIs parodied inInspiredThere and Back Again by Pat Murphy Tolkien's Hobbit Postcard Book by HarperCollins Moria (Middle Earth Role Playing/MERP: Citadels Series) by Peter C. Jr. Fenlon Has as a reference guide/companionThe Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster Has as a studyMaster of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien by Paul H. Kocher Tolkien's World by Randel Helms The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told! by Henry Gee Has as a supplementHas as a commentary on the textJ.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey The Road to Middle-earth by Tom Shippey Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings by Matthew T. Dickerson Has as a student's study guideReader and Educator Guide to "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spark Notes The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien, Bd.402, Der Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Has as a teacher's guide
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The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader. --Alix Wilber
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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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Often, though, it suffers from the same problems as its more famous successor, that is overexposure to Middle-Earth geography, long yet only mildly interesting dialogs and dull descriptions of main characters travels. (