"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." So begins J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit, the tale of Bilbo Baggins.
At the wizard Gandalf's urging, Bilbo finds himself accompanying 13 dwarves as they seek to reclaim their homeland- the foreboding Lonely Mountain- where the dragon Smaug has lived for decades with his stolen treasure. It's a terribly long journey; along the way, the company will encounter trolls, elves, goblins, giant eagles, the mighty Beorn, spiders of the enchanting Mirkwood Forest, and of course, the dragon. How can they possibly prevail?
What an enchanting tale! This prelude to The Lord of the Rings is a must-read, genre-defining book.
Rating: A
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