The enchanting prelude to “The Lord of the Rings” The Lord of the Rings, #0
Paperback, 287 pages
English language
Published August 1968 by Ballentine Books.
In this delightful and enthralling tale, J.R.R. Tolkien first created the imperishable world of fantasy called Middle-earth and those charming, lilliputian creatures-the Hobbits-whose adventures are continued in "The Lord of the Rings."
"The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own-a world that seems to have been going on before we stumbled into it but which, once found by the right reader, becomes indispensable to him. Its place is with 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'The Wind in the Willows'...Prediction is danger- ous, but 'The Hobbit' may well prove a classic." -London Times Literary Supplement
In this delightful and enthralling tale, J.R.R. Tolkien first created the imperishable world of fantasy called Middle-earth and those charming, lilliputian creatures-the Hobbits-whose adventures are continued in "The Lord of the Rings."
"The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own-a world that seems to have been going on before we stumbled into it but which, once found by the right reader, becomes indispensable to him. Its place is with 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'The Wind in the Willows'...Prediction is danger- ous, but 'The Hobbit' may well prove a classic." -London Times Literary Supplement
Last read as a kid, re-read with my daughter, remains a quick-paced inventive fantasy adventure, I only had to skip over a few racist descriptions. I had more fun singing the songs as an adult than they were when I was a kid, could even have used a few more!
