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The hobbit

The tale of Bilbo and the dwarfs who try to retrieve their treasure from the dragon, Smaug. On the way Bilbo discovers Middle-Earth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Corporate Authors:	Early Music Consort of London, BBC Radio
Other Authors:	Daneman, Paul, Jackson, Anthony, Carvic, Heron, Cain, David, composer, Munrow, David
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : BDD Audio, 1997.
Series:	BBC Radio presents Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings ; 0. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Middle-Earth universe.
Subjects:	Middle Earth (Imaginary place) > Fiction. Audiobooks. Compact discs > Spoken
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
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Summary:	The tale of Bilbo and the dwarfs who try to retrieve their treasure from the dragon, Smaug. On the way Bilbo discovers Middle-Earth.
Physical Description:	5 CDs , 1 map, 1 booklet: analog.
ISBN:	0553455621
Author Notes:	A writer of fantasies, Tolkien, a professor of language and literature at Oxford University, was always intrigued by early English and the imaginative use of language. In his greatest story, the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954--56), Tolkien invented a language with vocabulary, grammar, syntax, even poetry of its own. Though readers have created various possible allegorical interpretations, Tolkien has said: "It is not about anything but itself. (Certainly it has no allegorical intentions, general, particular or topical, moral, religious or political.)" In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), Tolkien tells the story of the "master of wood, water, and hill," a jolly teller of tales and singer of songs, one of the multitude of characters in his romance, saga, epic, or fairy tales about his country of the Hobbits. Tolkien was also a formidable medieval scholar, as evidenced by his work, Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics (1936) and his edition of Anciene Wisse: English Text of the Anciene Riwle. Among his works published posthumously, are The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún and The Fall of Arthur, which was edited by his son, Christopher. In 2013, his title, The\Hobbit (Movie Tie-In) made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)