TY - BOOK AU - Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel AU - TI - The Hobbit or There and Back Again T2 - The Lord of the Rings SN - 9780345339683 U1 - 823.912 CY - U.S.A. KW - Fantasy fiction, English KW - Fantasy - juvenile literature -- Series N2 - 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 UR - https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15364/151.jpg ER -