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The Hobbit (Essential Modern Classics)
by: J.R.R. Tolkien

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780006754022
ISBN: 0006754023
Label: HarperCollins Children's Books
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Children's Books
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 02, 1998
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Studio: HarperCollins Children's Books
Sales Rank: 6004

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
This beautifully presented collector's box of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is a must for fans of this timeless classic and anyone looking to learn more about the story that started it all.

Included in this box is a nicely bound hardback edition of The Hobbit and a collection of eight colour postcards featuring some of Tolkien's own artwork. Tolkien himself makes yet another guest appearance on an exclusive CD which features a recording of Tolkien reading an extract from Bilbo's first encounter with the terrifying Gollum. Lastly, there is a beautifully painted foldout map of Wilderland by John Howe with text by Brian Sibley.

Those who are fans of The Hobbit will feel justified in splashing out again for this lovely collector's item, which offers plenty of value and makes for an affordable treat or gift for a fellow Tolkien lover. --Jon Weir

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- 60 years before LOTR................
Well, i picked this book up and i couldent put it down. Thats how good this bok is. Like i said it is set 60 years before the Lord of the rings trilogy. It follows a young (ish) hobbit called Bilbo Baggins on an adventure with a Wizard called Gandalf and 12 Dwarves. They have assigned Bilbo Baggins as burgular (sorry for the spelling) and they have to go to the cave where Smaug lives, a fire-breathing dragon, and steal the treasures which he guards. I am not going to give any more away but i would reccomend this book to anyone. As J.R.R Tolkien wrote this as a passage for his Grandchildren, it isnt as hard to read as people say. Im 11 and i just truthely couldent put this book down. Saying that, it is no way a childrens book as i may have accidently ... Read More:

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- this is a good book but it is for kids
jrr Tolkien wrote this book for his children. if you are expecting more lord of the rings just be mindfull that this is a kids book it does tell you alot about bilbo and how he found the ring. i like it and i am going to read it to my children. you cant give this book one star because it was not what YOU expected

Rating:

- Read it to your children or just before you start the Lord of the Rings
This book was a very ancient candidate on my "to read list" and I always planned to read it just before the Lord of the Rings. So far, things have worked out and I have started Lord of the Rings the same afternoon I finished the Hobbit.

I don't think I would enjoy Lord of the Rings as much as I do, had I not read the Hobbit just beforehand. The Hobbit really provides the reader with a lot of background information, which is an advantage when you get started with the trilogy.

Nevertheless, I still feel that, as a stand - alone story, the Hobbit is a book aimed at children. Tolkien's fluid writing style and the way in which he addresses his readers, often gave me the impression that the author was right next to me, lecturing ... Read More:

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- A stand-alone classic
A children's classic, but the beginning of a world created by the author. The Hobbit introduces the reader to the mystical land of Middle Earth. A stand-alone classic, The Hobbit is also the prequel to the mighty Lord of the Rings and does not fail to impress...

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- A good story for children and grown-ups, too
"The Hobbit" was published in 1937 for the first time, and it was because of it that "The Lord of the Rings" came into existence. It's funny and entertaining, and it shows Bilbo Baggins' most important adventure of his life in an appealing manner. One should clearly understand that this book was at first intended for Tolkien's own children, and only later was published. One should therefore not expect the powerful and often deadly serious narrative of "LotR". As a trivial example, Sauron is not named in "The Hobbit", but appears under the name "the Necromancer", and is of no importance other than keeping Gandalf away from the party of Dwarves for a while, thus allowing for more breath-taking adventures.

I recommend this book if you are parents ... Read More:

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