The Hobbit

There and Back Again

The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving hobbit who is recruited by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves to help recover their treasure from the dragon Smaug. Their journey takes them through wild landscapes and brings encounters with trolls, goblins, elves, spiders, and other inhabitants of Middle-earth. Bilbo gradually discovers courage and resourcefulness he did not know he possessed.

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin · First published 1937 · 256 pages