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[[Image:Hobbit_cover.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of first edition of ''The Hobbit'', from a design by Tolkien.]]

[[Image:Hobbit_cover.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of first edition of ''The Hobbit'', from a design by Tolkien.]]

'''''The Hobbit''''', or ''There and Back Again'', is a book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], and his first published fiction book, released in 1937. It was followed by ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.  

'''''The Hobbit''''' (1937) is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s first published fiction book, originally written as a serial for his son Christopher.  

It was followed by a really long tale, ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.  

The story is about the [[hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]], who is taken from his simple life by the [[Wizard (fiction)|wizard]] [[Gandalf]], to go on an adventure. Together with a group of [[Khazâd|Dwarves]] they travel to the Lonely Mountain, to reclaim the Dwarves' home and treasure from the [[dragon]] Smaug.<ref name="thehobbit">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Hobbit'', Houghton Mifflin 1937.</ref>  

The story is about the [[hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]], who is taken from his simple life by the [[Wizard (fiction)|wizard]] [[Gandalf]], to go on an adventure. Together with a group of [[Khazâd|Dwarves]] they travel to the Lonely Mountain, to reclaim the Dwarves' home and treasure from the [[dragon]] Smaug.<ref name="thehobbit">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Hobbit'', Houghton Mifflin 1937.</ref>