The Hobbit (novel): Difference between revisions

The precursor to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. '''''The Hobbit''''', or '''''There and Back Again''''', is also the story of Bilbo Baggins, a simple, respectable [[Hobbits|little person]] who is content with his sleepy life in [[Ghibli Hills|Hobbiton]] until a crafty old wizard named Gandalf and thirteen dwarves hijack him for a grand adventure to slay a dragon and win back a lost treasure, forcing him to grow out of his comfortable little world. Along the way he encounters merry elves, ferocious trolls, wicked goblins, giant spiders, and other fantastic characters and creatures before coming face to face with the terrible dragon himself.

 

 

A sequel was requested by his publishers, and as work on ''The Lord of the Rings'' progressed, Tolkien made accommodations for it in Chapter 5 of ''The Hobbit''. These few but significant changes were integrated into the second edition. Further editions followed, correcting minor errors and reflecting Tolkien's changing concept of the world into which Bilbo stumbled (removing references to policemen, for example).

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