The Hobbit
by Tolkien, J.R.R
pub by Houghton Mifflin, Boston,1966 - - isbn (none this edition ) LCCN = 54009738 - illustrations, photographs - map. - - 319 p.
The first very popular fiction by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was first published in 1937. The story set in a fictional world with some men and a number of fictional types of beings. Hobbits are introduced in this book. They are peaceable folk, mostly agrarian. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, is lured into an adventure as a thief. He is to steal back the treasure owned by Dwarves. The treasure is guarded by a huge and fearsome dragon, Smaug. Bilbo accomplishes his task and sets in place the events which expand later into the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
And excellent read, full of adventure. It is fairly light in comparison to the dark and much more serious Lord of the Rings trilogy.
~1967~

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