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For readers throughout the world, The Hobbit serves as an introduction to the enchanting world of Middle-earth, home of elves, wizards, dwarves, goblins, dragons, orcs and a host of other creatures depicted in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion -- tales that sprang from the mind of the most Continue
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Cuzzin Todd said on Jan 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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This is the class prequel to the LOTR trilogy. I never made it through the trilogy because I just thought The Hobbit was so much better! I read this for the first time in 5th grade. Its a great story - so fantastic and brilliant. It really is another world. One day I'll read the Trilogy... after I r ... (continue)
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The Beginning of the Story!
The Hobbit seems a much lighter forefather to the Lord of Rings, though it not without danger. There are the giant spiders of Mirkwood, the goblins of the mountain and, of course, Smaug. But it is full of light-hearted moments too. It does seem to be more for children, but in this book Bilbo take ... (continue)
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- English Books
- Hardcover 399 Pages
- Edition: Revised
- ISBN-10: 0618134700
- ISBN-13: 9780618134700
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Pub date: Aug 16, 2002
- Dimensions: 24 cm x 20 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Leather Bound, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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Reread many many years after my first (and second and third etc...) reading and The Hobbit is still a wonderful read. It reads almost as if it was spoken, not written. Not as dense or detailed as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but sets in motion the events of that trilogy.
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