{"product_id":"the-hobbit-9780618260300","title":"The Hobbit","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSummary\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.\" So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001). Unforgettable!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries: Lord of the Rings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback: 384 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: HMH Books for Young Readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiction \\ Fantasy \\ Epic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HMH Books Young RDRS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50530437529683,"sku":"HGMJP826030","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/3510040.jpg?v=1791871941","url":"https:\/\/www.deepdiscount.com\/products\/the-hobbit-9780618260300","provider":"Deep Discount","version":"1.0","type":"link"}