Week #21 – The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

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Week #21 – The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

The Hobbit, also called There and Back Again, was published in 1937. It was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and awarded a prize for best juvenile fiction from the New York Herald Tribune. It is one of the best-selling books of all time with over 100 million copies sold.

Bilbo Baggins, a homebody hobbit from Middle Earth, is “volunteered” by the wizard Gandalf to join thirteen dwarves on a quest to reclaim the dwarves' home and treasure from the dragon Smaug.

Prequel to Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit is more of a children’s book. The Lord of the Rings is for teens. All of the movies are more for teens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit

Plot summary [SPOILERS]

https://www.supersummary.com/the-hobbit/summary/

Why read The Hobbit?

https://shepherd.com/book/the-hobbit

Middle Earth Blog

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/how-many-hobbit-books-are-there/

The Hobbit movie from 2012

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/

The Lord of the Rings from 2001

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/

How to watch The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings movies in order

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g38898611/lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-movies-in-order/

Have you read any of these books and/or seen the movies? Let us know in the comments!