J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit or there and back again "The Hobbit" was J.R.R. Tolkien's first bestseller. It was first published in 1937 by George Allen and Unwin Publishers. It tells the miraculous story of the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins who travels east to steal a treasure from Smaug, a terrible dragon. Author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892 to English parents. In 1895, Tolkien, his mother and his younger brother …showed first 75 words of 2236 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2236 total…like very good people ("Elben" in German)). There are many people and it's not always easy to follow the plot, although we knew the action from the foreword of "The Lord of the Rings". The book is thrilling and fascinating. We can recommend the book to everybody, especially to people who like fantasy-stories. But you may have to have the patience in the beginning of the book to look up the words in the dictionary.