![]() Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit, including the dwarves’ party song, the account of their capture by the three trolls, and Bilbo Baggins’s creepy encounter with the hideous Gollum. Now, in 1997, this special new edition, illustrated by Alan Lee, commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of a great classic which has established itself. Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. This Enhanced eBook also includes recently discovered audio recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant success when published in 1937. Although quite reluctant to take part in this quest, Bilbo surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and his skill as a burglar!Written for J.R.R. He was only pretending to be asleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance.Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves,Bilbo finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. ![]() A great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the RingsSmaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. ![]()
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