The Hobbit or There and Back Again <subTitle>The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>The Hobbit or There and Back Again</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Del Rey (Ballantine Books)</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <edition>Revised Edition</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>305tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>17 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."" So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language—Tolkien's prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved novels. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John Ronald Reuel Tolkien</note> <subject> <topic>Fantasy fiction, English</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Fantasy - juvenile literature -- Series</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">823.912</classification> <classification authority="ddc">T647-J65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780345339683</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15364/151.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15364/151.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071454.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>