Essential Modern Classics - The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0006754023 / ISBN 13: 9780006754022

Published by HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Modern Classics - The Hobbit
• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006754023
• ISBN 13: 9780006754022
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure.

A timeless classic.

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; 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.

Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, ‘The Hobbit’. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.

About the Author

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognised as one of the finest philologists in the world. He is, however, best known for his extraordinary works of fiction The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. He died on 2nd September 1973 at the age of 81.