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[[Image:Hobbit_cover.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of ''The Hobbit'']]

[[Image:Hobbit_cover.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of ''The Hobbit'']]

'''The Hobbit''' or 'There and Back Again' is a book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and the first published work about [[Middle Earth]].  In the book [[Bilbo Baggins]], a common [[hobbit]], is drafted by the [[Wizard (fiction)|wizard]] [[Gandalf]], to go on an adventure.  He travels with 13 [[dwarf (mythology)|dwarves]] who seek to reclaim their treasure from the [[dragon]], Smaug.  After much adventure they finally make it to the [[dragon]]'s lair.  In the end Bilbo returns home laden with sacks of [[gold]] and [[silver]].  He also finds a mysterious magical ring.  This book is a delightful book for children and adults alike.  In the chronology of Middle-earth, Tolkien's classic [[The Lord of the Rings]] follows The Hobbit. In Tolkienesque mythology the two books together form the History of the Finding of the One Ring and The War of the Ring as recorded in the Red Book of Westmarch written by Bilbo and [[Frodo Baggins]] and preserved for posterity by [[Samwise Gamgee]] and his descendants. <ref> [[The Hobbit]] by J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin company, 1937.  </ref>

'''The Hobbit''' or 'There and Back Again' is a book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and the first published work about [[Middle Earth]].  In the book [[Bilbo Baggins]], a common [[hobbit]], is drafted by the [[Wizard (fiction)|wizard]] [[Gandalf]], to go on an adventure.  He travels with 13 [[dwarf (mythology)|dwarves]] who seek to reclaim their treasure from the [[dragon]], Smaug.  After much adventure they finally make it to the [[dragon]]'s lair.  In the end Bilbo returns home laden with sacks of [[gold]] and [[silver]].  He also finds a mysterious magical ring.   

 

This book is a delightful book for children and adults alike.  In the chronology of Middle-earth, Tolkien's classic [[The Lord of the Rings]] follows The Hobbit. In Tolkienesque mythology the two books together form the History of the Finding of the One Ring and The War of the Ring as recorded in the Red Book of Westmarch written by Bilbo and [[Frodo Baggins]] and preserved for posterity by [[Samwise Gamgee]] and his descendants. <ref> [[The Hobbit]] by J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin company, 1937.  </ref>