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J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, The Hobbit is a great modern classic and
1892. Apart from his long and distin- 쏐 the prelude to The Lord of the Rings.
guished academic career, he is best Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys
known for his extraordinary works of a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely
fiction The Hobbit, The Lord of the traveling any farther than his pantry or his
Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books cellar. But his contentment is disturbed
have been translated into more than forty when the wizard Gandalf and a company
languages. He died in 1973 at the age of of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day
eighty-one. to whisk him away on an adventure. They
have launched a plot to raid the treasure
The cover of this edition of The Hobbit hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent,
reproduces Tolkien’s own dust jacket a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo
design for the first edition. Tolkien’s wish is reluctant to take part in this quest, but
that the sun and the dragon be printed in he surprises even himself by his resource-
red was dropped originally because of fulness and his skill as a burglar.
cost, and the final cover was printed in Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own
just blue, green, and black. The wrap- children, The Hobbit met with instant suc-
around painting was designed around the cess when it was published in 1937. It has
long road (on the spine) through the sold many millions of copies worldwide
forest to the Lonely Mountain. On the and established itself as “one of the most
back are night, darkness, and the evil influential books of our generation”
dragon, in contrast with day, light, and (London Times).
the good eagles on the front.
“Freshly original and delightfully imag-
inative . . . The Hobbit is a glorious
account of a magnificent adventure, filled
with suspense and seasoned with a quiet
humor that is irresistible . . . All those,
young or old, who love a fine adventurous
tale, beautifully told, will take The Hobbit
to their hearts.” — New York Times
Book Review
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“One of the best children’s books of this

century.” — W. H. Auden
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