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Trivia-on-Book: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Starting out as a children's bedtime story, The Hobbit has become an integral part of literature all over the world. The escapades of Bilbo Baggins, recruited as a burglar to steal back the dwarves gold from a fire breathing dragon have been told in all languages, in graphic novels and on the silver screen. The precursor to The Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion, The Hobbit is read and enjoyed by both...
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Digest & ReviewWhat is a hobbit? Hobbits are a clan of little chubby people; around half the height of a person and sporting big furry toes. Hobbits are a lively bunch and enjoy drinking and having loads of fun. One such hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, lives in a cozy cavity beneath a hill at Bag End. He is content with his serene and tranquil life, but this is all about to change. Gandalf, an ancient wizard, arrives at Bilbo's...
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"In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One RIng, an object of terrifying power once used by the Dark Lord to enslave Middle-earth. Now darkness is rising, and Frodo must travel deep into the Dark Lord's realm, to the one place the Ring can be destroyed: Mount Doom. The journey will test Frodo's courage, his friendships, and his heart. Because...
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Examines the real-world influences that shaped J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels The hobbit and The lord of the rings.
Tolkien expert Christopher Snyder presents the most in-depth exploration yet of Tolkien's source materials for Middle-earth-from the languages, poetry, and mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece to the halls of Oxford and the battlefields of World War I.
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"Światowej sławy pisarz angielski John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) był profesorem filologii angielskiej na uniwersytecie w Leeds oraz profesorem literuatury średniowiecznej w Oksfordzie, znawcą literatury i języka staroangielskiego, staronordyckiego, starogermańskiego oraz gockiego. Jako powieściopisarz dał się poznać dopiero w roku 1937, publikując Hobbita, który przyniósł mu rozgłos na całym świecie. W samej Anglii książka...
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"When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find...
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Mark Atherton here explores the chief influences on Tolkien's work: his boyhood in the West Midlands; the landscapes and seascapes which shaped his mythologies; his experiences in World War I; his interest in Scandinavian myth; his friendships, especially with the other Oxford-based Inklings; and the relevance of his themes, especially ecological themes, to the present-day. "There and Back Again" offers a unique guide to the varied inspirations behind...
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"Tse istoriya pro te, yak Bilʹbo Torbyn ustryav u pryhodu i yak yomu dovelosya robyty y kazaty rechi, hetʹ nespodivani dlya nʹoho samoho. Vin, prykhylʹnyy do komfortu i pozbavlenyy ambitsiy hobit, zvyk vtishatysya zhyttyevymy radoshchamy y ridko koly vybyravsya dali, nizh do komory svoyeyi nory v Torbynomu Kuti. Ale tse rozkoshuvannya perervalosya, koly odnoho dnya na yoho porozi zʺyavyvsya charivnyk Handalʹf u tovarystvi hnomiv, aby vytyahty...
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