The Hobbit

Paperback, 399 pages

Published Dec. 15, 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-618-13470-0
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OCLC Number:
50064985

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5 stars (16 reviews)

"For readers around the globe, The Hobbit serves as an introduction to the enchanting world of Middle-earth, home of elves, wizards, dwarves, goblins, dragons, orcs, and a host of other creatures depicted in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion - tales that sprang from the mind of the most beloved author of all time, J. R. R. Tolkien. Newly expanded and completely redesigned, Douglas A. Anderson's The Annotated Hobbit is the definitive explication of the sources, characters, places, and things of J.

R. R. Tolkien's timeless classic. Integrated with Anderson's notes and placed alongside the fully restored and corrected text of the original story are more than 150 illustrations showing visual interpretations of The Hobbit specific to many of the cultures that have come to know and love Middle-earth. Tolkien's original line drawings, maps, and color paintings are also included, making this the most informative edition of The …

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5 stars

For the last two decades "The Hobbit" for me has been the "Jackson Hobbit." I knew that Peter took breathtaking liberties, but on the whole I was surprised at how different Tolkien's and Jackson's Hobbit were.

It has been said how our visual perception of the works have been overwhelmed by the Jackson films. Virtually anything drawn of the characters now bears a resemblance, wanted or no, I suspect, of their actors now. I had a similar, though interesting, aspect of this happen during my read-through of "The Annotated Hobbit."

One of the things I strongly remember from my first readings as a teenager is that Bilbo strongly changed as the journey went on. He started as a "silly hobbit" as the tale began, and grew into a much more noble and serious character. While I couldn't think that I was the only person to see that, no one ever …

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