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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

About this book

Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving hobbit, is whisked away from his quiet hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves on a perilous quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.

Setting / LocationMiddle-earth
Story EraThird Age of Middle-earth
Protagonist / CoreBilbo Baggins (Reluctant Adventurer)

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