THE HOBBIT

"Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys acomfortable, unambitious life, rarely travellingfurther than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in BagEnd.But his contentment is disturbed when thewizard, Gandalf, and a company of 13 dwarvesarrive on his doorstep one day to whisk himaway on an unexpected journey 'there and backagain'. They have a plot to raid the treasurehoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large andvery dangerous dragon...

The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, TheHobbit has sold many millions of copies sinceits publication in 1937,establishing itself as oneof the most beloved and influential books of the20th century.

比尔博，一个热爱安逸生活的霍比特人，自得其乐地待在位于袋底洞的霍比特洞府里。清晨和煦，睿智巫师甘道夫的到来打破了宁静。"越过冰冷又雾蒙蒙的大山，在那深深地下洞穴已有千年......"吟着古老的歌谣，十三个矮人将比尔博拽进冒险远行的队伍。在这趟意外之旅中，与世无争的霍比特人比尔博却孤身一人在暗如永夜的山底洞穴中发现了足以改变整个世界的小小戒指。

本书完美融合了史诗气派与童心稚趣。书中故事发生在精灵强盛的时代之后、人类统治的时代之前。那时著名的黑森林依然耸立，群山间仍充满艰险。若此前你对这些浑然不知，那么请踏上这位平凡探险家的不凡旅程，和他一起认识食人妖、半兽人、矮人和精灵，了解那个遭到忽视的伟大时代。

初入世界的前路未知，正如去而复返后的无法忘怀...

作者简介

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892-1973) was anEnglish writer, poet, philologist, and academic.From 1925 to 1945, he was the Professor of theUniversity of Oxford. He was a close friend of C.S.Lewis. He was appointed a Commander of theOrder of the British Empire by Queen Elizabethin 1972.The great success of The Hobbit andThe Lord of the Rings led directly to a popularresurgence of the genre. This has causedTolkien to be popularly identified as the "fathe""of modern fantasy literature.

约翰·罗纳德·鲁埃尔·托尔金(1892-1973)英国知名作家、诗人、语言学家、学者，《纳尼亚传奇》作者C.S.刘易斯的密友。1925 至1945年间，他担任牛津大学英语语言文学教授。1972年，他被英国女王授予大英帝国勋章。他的雄心壮志不仅仅在于写作一个传奇故事或一部史诗，而是以瑰丽的想象与精深的语言建立了一个英语世界的全新神话体系。他的代表作《霍比特人》《指环王》获得巨大成功，被誉为当代奇幻作品的鼻祖，销量逾 2.5 亿册，被译为 60 余种语言，直接导致了 21 世纪奇幻文学的复兴，也使得他被公认为现代奇幻文学之父。2008年，他位列《泰晤士报》"1945 年后 50 位Z伟大英国作家"榜单第6位。