num_pages: 366
description: In a hole in the ground there 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 to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).
language: English
title: The Hobbit
titlecomplete: The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
characters: Bard the Bowman, Gloin, Ori, Beorn, Bofur, Bombur, Bilbo Baggins, Dori, Nori, Kili, Elrond Half-elven, Balin, Thorin Oakenshield, Gollum, Fili, Smaug, Oin, Gandalf, Dwalin, Bifur
genres: High Fantasy, Childrens, Novels, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Epic Fantasy
ratings_count: 3775416
places: Middle-earth
series: The Lord of the Rings
awards: name: Keith Barker Millennium Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies
publisher: Houghton Mifflin