The Hobbit

Fülszöveg

DiiiimK^^
UNWIN PAPERBACKS
The Hobbit
If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is the record of such a journey and such a traveller. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the moimtains were fuU of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will leam by the way (as he did) - if you do not already know all about these things - much about trolls, goblins, dwarves and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period.
For Mr Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of Five Armies. This is all the more... Tovább

Fülszöveg

DiiiimK^^
UNWIN PAPERBACKS
The Hobbit
If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is the record of such a journey and such a traveller. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the moimtains were fuU of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will leam by the way (as he did) - if you do not already know all about these things - much about trolls, goblins, dwarves and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period.
For Mr Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this accoimt, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr Baggins will give you a fair idea of this estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise.
J. R. R. Tolkien was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, Oxford. The Hobbit was written for his four children, and read aloud to them in nursery days, which is of course the way in which practically aU the immortal children's stories have come into being. But the fame of the story spread beyond his immediate family and the manuscript of The Hobbit was lent to friends in Oxford and read to their children. Though they are utterly dissimilar in character, the birth of The Hobbit recalls very strongly that of Alice in Wonderland. Here again a professor of an abstruse subject is at play; while Alice in Wonderland is fuU of crazy conundrums. The Hobbit has constant echoes of magic and mythology culled from a wide and exact knowledge.
'Mr Bilbo Baggins, one of the best loved characters in English fiction a marvellous fantasy adventure' - Daily Mail. Vissza