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Fantasy · 1995 · PG

The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again

by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

For10+GenreFantasyLength310 pagesRead time~8.6 hours

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Violence

Some

Adventure battles

Language

None

None

Sexual Content

None

None

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Adventure themes

What this book is about

Bilbo Baggins is swept into an adventure with thirteen dwarves and a wizard to reclaim a mountain kingdom from a dragon. Tolkien's beloved precursor to The Lord of the Rings is a quintessential adventure story accessible to all ages.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Battle violence appropriate for adventure genre

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