Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar.
Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of ingenuity and courage, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities.A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.Ī great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the Goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever.Gollum.
Their journey will take them through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins, Orcs and deadly Wargs, as well as a mysterious and sinister figure known only as the Necromancer. This Extended adventure follows Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim Erebor with the help of Gandalf the Grey and 13 Dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Hobbit, an unexpected journey (Motion picture),Įnglish French / français Chinese Latin Spanish / español German / Deutsch Polish Vietnamese Italian EditionThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition) Itis the showcase of a man who annused himself during the writing of a story for his children by drawing on his own scholarly erudition.īritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),īaggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction,īaggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Foremost, it is a wonderful story, and yet it is only a small part of the vast history of Tolkien's imagined world of Middle-earth, more fully realized in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. The Hobbit is an ideal book for annotation, for it can be enjoyed on many levels.
Many of Tolkien's own illustrations embellish the text, and numerous illustrations from foreign editions exhibit a fascinating range of visual interpretation.įor hardcore Tolkien fans and scholars and appendix details all of Tolkien's revisionsmade at various times to the published text and provides an uncommon glimpse into the specialconcerns of an exceptional and painstaking writer. General readers, fans of children's literature, and devotees of fantasy will appreciate this comprehensive gloss on The Hobbit, which delves into its scholarly roots in folklore, mythology, and language. There is something for everyone in this annotated edition of one of the most popular books of this century.
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