The Hobbit
The Hobbit tells the story of a comfortable, peaceable creature named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo, like most hobbits, is similar to a human but about half the size and not nearly as loud. Bilbo gets caught up in affairs much greater than his own hobbit-life when, at the recommendation of a mysterious old wizard named Gandalf, he is hired as a "burglar" by a group of dwarves. These dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, are going to the Lonely Mountain in the east to reclaim their family's treasure from the great dragon Smaug. Along the way, the company gets into trouble with goblins, spiders, and other malevolent creatures, and they often escape only because of the assistance of Gandalf and other good creatures they meet. Bilbo proves himself essential to the quest, saving the dwarves on many occasions. His success is partly due to a magic ring that he takes from a strange, dark creature named Gollum, who lives in the caves below the Misty Mountains. Bilbo even manages to discover Smaug's weak spot, which allows the dragon to be killed and the treasure freed.However, the dwarves cannot enjoy the gold alone, since it lures humans and elves, some of whom have a rightful claim to a portion of it. Th
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ("Ronald" to his family and friends) was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontain, South Africa. His parents had moved there from England so that his father, Arthur, could work for the bank of Africa. Ronald lost both parents early in life - his father, Arthur, died in Africa in 1896 after the rest of the family had returned to England, and his mother, Mabel, died in 1904 near Birmingham, England. After Mabel's death, Ronald and his younger brother Hilary came under the care of Father Francis Morgan, a friend of the family. Soon after, Ronald went to King Edwards School and then Oxford. At Oxford, Tolkien pursued a degree in English Language and Literature. He developed a particular passion for philology, the study of languages. While studying Old English, Anglo-Saxon, and Welsh poetry, he began to develop a language of his own - the language that would form the groundwork for his imagined world of Middle Earth. By 1916, Tolkien had received his degree and married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Bratt. He eventually took a teaching position at Oxford; by 1929, he had his fourth child with Edith. From 1945 to 1959 Tolkien continued to teach at Oxford and wrote the trilogy of books that served as a sequel to The Hobbit - The Lord of the Ring. This work brought him fame in England and America, but he was never a public figure; he continued work on The Silmarillion and other tales and led a quiet life. Despite his public acclaim, he was most comfortable with middle-class surroundings and peace in which to write and think. Tolkien died on September 2, 1973. The Silmarillion was edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977. Gollum - A strange, small, hunched-over creature who lives deep in the caves of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains. There, he broods over his "precious," a magic ring, until he acc
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