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: Bilbo Baggins, Oin, Thorin Oakenshield, Gloin, Ori, Elrond Half-elven, Fili, Nori, Dori, Gandalf, Bombur, Gollum, Bifur, Kili, Balin, Dwalin, Bofur, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Smaug
genres: Fiction, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 3775746
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