The Hobbit
Subtitle: or There and Back Again
Edition: Revised edition, 5th printing; Authorized edition; Special Silver Jubilee Edition
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1983-04
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780345296047
Copyright date: 1973
Subjects: Classics; Fantasy - Epic; Non-Classifiable; Fiction - Fantasy
Description: THE RELUCTANT HOBBIT

Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo—alone and unaided—who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside!

This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic The Lord of the Rings.
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