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2nd November 1998ISBN
9780006754022Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien
Part of the 'Essential Modern Classics' Series
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One of our 'Must Reads'. This is a masterpiece in children’s fiction and is brilliant for both reading aloud and reading alone. Whether it’s for a confident 7 or 8 year old or an aged 78 year old you cannot fail to be caught up in Tolkien’s fantasy world. The Hobbit is the prelude to The Lord of the Rings and was first published in 1937. It is a finely written saga full of adventures with elves, trolls and many perilous dangers. The story follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins as he leaves his comedic-rustic village and moves into darker, deeper territory along with the thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf. Bilbo encounters various denizens of the Wilderland, in order to reach and win his share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug.
Katy Guest, literary editor for The Independent on Sunday: "Be warned, these tales of hobbits, elves and Middle Earth are dangerously addictive."
Synopsis
The Hobbit by J R R TolkienBilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life. Then, one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again. This is the story of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures.
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'A Flawless masterpiece' The Times
About The Author
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father's death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham.In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit.
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