description: Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to the Lord of the Rings, has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest, and a dramatic climax. This radio dramatization became a classic when it was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and it continues to delight today.Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is a peaceful sort who lives in a cozy hole in the Shire, a place where adventures are uncommon -- and rather unwanted. So when the wizard Gandalf whisks him away on a treasure-hunting expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves, he's not entirely thrilled.
language: English
title: The Hobbit
titlecomplete: The Hobbit
characters: Beorn, Gollum, Gandalf, Ori, Thorin Oakenshield, Fili, Oin, Bofur, Bombur, Kili, Bard the Bowman, Smaug, Elrond Half-elven, Balin, Dori, Bilbo Baggins, Nori, Dwalin, Gloin, Bifur
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Childrens, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction
ratings_count: 3776681
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: BBC Books