In a hole in the ground There lived a hobbit.
Unforgettable.
Anderson (2001).
The text in this 372-page paperBack edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A.
Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.
Tolkien\'s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937.
Written for J.
R.
R.
Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
In a hole in the ground There lived a hobbit
