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Precious. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit, Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbithole, and that means comfort.
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So begins J, R. R. Tolkiens love letter to fantasy literature,

A reader to this timeless classic will first notice that this is a first person narration, the reader hears Tolkiens voice as he narrates the tale of Bilbo Baggins, Belladonna Tooks odd son who, though he resembles his respectable and comfortable father, has an unexpected adventure in him.
J. R. R. Tolkien is telling us a story, with an occasional soliloquy and off stage remark to us the reader,

This of course is the charming and entertaining prequel to Tolkiens monumental fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, but a fine tale in its own right and by itself.
Generations of readers and dreamers have loved this story for its whimsical allure and for its role as a stage setter for its more epic later cousins.


The Films. Readers nowadays have the good fortune of being audience to Sir Peter Jacksons magnificent films, but I and many folks of an earlier generation better recall theBass and Rankin animated film with voice talent from John Huston, Orson Bean and Richard Boone.
This cartoon was my first introduction to Tolkiens work and would inspire me to actually read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings later.


Thorin, the important Dwarf and company leave from the sitelinkGreen Dragon in May, accompanied by the wizard Gandalf and having employed Mr.
Baggins as their lucky numberand as a burglar, And Bilbos unexpected adventure had begun,

“I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!” The significance of Gandalf in fantasy literature cannot be overestimated, Certainly there had been wizards, magicians and sages in literature before, but Gandalf in many respects is THE wizard, As fine a performance as Sir Ian McKellen did in all his films portraying Gandalf, I still, in my mind, hear John Hustons husky yet urbane voice speaking for him.
Later readers of the Lord of the Rings and sitelinkThe Silmarillion will learn more about the Gray Wanderer, but in the Hobbit he is simply Gandalf.


ChapterRiddles in the Dark, After some fairly pedestrian undertakings Tolkien has Bilbo getting lost in a deep cave and introduces us to one of his and literatures greastest, most complicated, and strangely likeable villains, Gollum.
Later readers would learn the deeper truths of his history, but Tolkiens guests in this chapter see him as a eccentrically troubled scoundrel,

Songs. A reader in the twentyfirst century, and especially one who has enjoyed the Jackson films, may be surprised to discover that Tolkiens original story was not as martial as the films.
Certainly Jackson produced his Hobbit films to be less warlike than his epic LOTR films, but Tolkiens prose contained a fair amount of poetry and song, casting his story in a more innocent and lyric form than would be palatable in todays publications.


I remember trying to convince my high school English teacher that this was deserving of more literary praise and so this was also my first or one of my first indications that many literary folks place an asterisk on the science fiction / fantasy genre when it comes to acknowledging the quality of the writing.
Kurt Vonnegut mentioned that as soon as the science fiction label was affixed to his name many critics would not take him seriously,

The Hobbit is a great example that sometimes critics can be myopic and time will tell the true greats, The prologue to a great trilogy, simple and charming, The Hobbit is a great book by itself,

Finally, this review is of a revisit to The Hobbit, after a hiatus of perhapsyears, I rarely will reread a book, there are just so many great books and so little time but The Hobbit is one of those special works that can be savored and enjoyed again and again.


Reread.
I need to reread this more often, Professor Tolkiens charming storytelling is a soothing comfort for troubled times,

This time around I focused on the details that I had missed before, and Tolkien has provided many, some nuanced within his excellent story and other subtle enough to be missed, but important spice added to the recipe.


Its also important to distinguish between the book and the excellent adaptions by Peter Jackson and theanimated classic by Bass and Rankin.
In my memory, I sometimes forget what is actual canon and not artistic license, I had forgotten that the Master of Laketown left out of thefilm was from Tolkien,

Tolkiens description of the journey is also endearing, taking the time to add his nineteenth century sensibilities to the fantasy,

If you have never read this work, please do, I can highly recommend an enjoyable reread to the rest of us,

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The Hobbit probably wouldve been more enjoyable if I were reading it at leastyears ago,

I have an odd relationship with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings due to my feelings of the movie adaptations.
For Lord of the Rings, I havent been able to finish Fellowship of the Ring because I loved the movies so much and I ended up finding the book incredibly boring I will try again next year.
As for The Hobbit, I was reluctant to read the book because I disliked the movie adaptation, After finally reading this for the first time, I can safely say that I still dislike the movies, and I felt more or less indifferent about the book.


This will be a short review I have nothing new to offer, The Hobbit is a book targeted for kids and, in my opinion, it certainly read like one, As I said, I most likely wouldve enjoyed this book so much more if I were younger and werent acquainted with other modern highfantasy yet.
Reading this for the first time, it felt like there was a complete lack of tension throughout the entire book, I also immensely disliked the storytelling voice implemented into the narration its so distracting to my immersion and rather than reading it felt to me like Tolkien was telling the story to me.
I prefer seeing events unfolds from the characters perspective, That being said, I will also admit that I wasnt bored with it because the accessible prose made the book very easy to read.


The Hobbit is a classic and I can totally understand why it became one, I will definitely consider reading this to my kids one day, I have no idea whether the decrease in enjoyment of the book was caused because of me watching the movies first or not, it might be.
But overall, I just felt more or less indifferent about The Hobbit, which I guess is arguably even worse than disliking it.
Honestly speaking, aroundthrough the book, I ended up reading through it just for the sake of completing my bingo challenge rather than because I was having a good time with it.
Thankfully, this was a short read,

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Bir İngiliz Edebiyatı Profesörü olan J.
R. R. Tolkien bundan yaklaşık yetmiş yıl kadar önce dünyaya bir kitap hediye etti, Bu kitapla birlikte insanlar ilk defa hobbit denen ahaliyle karşılaşıyordu, Cücelerden bile kısa boylu, yemeye, içmeye ve eğlenmeye düşkün, iyi yürekli, mutlu ve kendi küçük köylerinde her tür maceradan uzak yaşayan bir ahaliydi hobbitler.
Ta ki büyücü Gandalf onları ziyaret edene kadar,

"Hobbit", diğer hobbitlerden aslında hiç de farklı olmayan bir hobbitin, Bilbo Baggins'in fantastik maceralarından oluşuyor, Bilbo Baggins, büyücü Gandalf ve cücelerle birlikte, cücelerin hazinesini kötü ejderha Smaug'dan geri almak için aslında hiç de istemediği bir yolculuğa çıkar.
Ama yine de hobbitin içinde henüz keşfedemediği maceracı bir yan vardır ve yolculuk ilerledikçe Bilbo Baggins kendi cesaretinin ve gücünün farkına varmaya başlar.


Tolkien'in aslında çocuklar için kaleme aldığı "Hobbit", çok geçmeden yetişkinlerden, özellikle de'ların asi gençliğinden büyük ilgi gördü.
Bunun üzerine Tolkien hobbitlerin, elflerin, cücelerin ve insanların goblinler, troller, kurtlar ve her tür kötü ve çarpık yaratıkla olan mücadelesini anlatmaya devam ederek "Yüzüklerin Efendisi"ni yarattı.
Bugün "Hobbit"le birlikte "Yüzüklerin Efendisi" fantastik edebiyatın kült eserleri arasında yer alıyor, Now the route Mr. Bilbo Baggins transverses to seek adventure and a pot of gold, . . several in fact, may not be as glamorous as the yellow brick road nonetheless thoroughly lucrative, . . he will never complain . after he is safely back home, As our story begins the Hobbit is having a quiet, delightful time drinking his tea and a nice breakfast, steps out the door from his hole in the ground the unkind would say blows a wonderful smoke ring.
. . And is the last one for many moons, . . a peaceful situation I mean, An old man, a stranger appears the polite hobbit greets him, Bilbo later regrets it often but that's further down the road, The sociable Mr. Baggins invites the man who reveals himself to be the powerful, mystifying, lofty wizard Gandalf to tea, . . tomorrow. The nervous hobbit, half the size of a human just wants to be left alone and enjoy his comfortable life which unfortunately doesn't occur, on the other hand the reader is greatly rewarded.
Next day a dwarf arrives Dwalin, than another Balin, and still more, two in fact, Kili and Fili, five then, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, and Gloin, this will in a short while pun intended be thirteen, no I haven't forgotten Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and last very appropriately , the leader Thorin, they are a superstitious bunch.
The need for a fourteenth member is obvious you can't count a wizard , these creatures are eating, drinking at poor Bilbo's home, . . an unexpected party is fully in bloom causing the owner a headache, . . think of the expense and danger to his dishes and furniture, Finally Gandalf comes and the purpose of the gathering disclosed, a bold plan to kill a huge dragon Smaug the Magnificent, take the vast priceless treasure, the winged fire breathing behemoth sits on, inside the very distant Lonely Mountain, the dwarves ancient home.
The reluctant Mr. Baggins agrees to go along, not too confidently , he can see disaster in his future, . . Deadly monsters, goblins, wolves, unfriendly elves are between their goal, the sinister Misty Mountains, rivers to cross, lakes too, the dark thick forest Mirkwood, where evil giant spiders, sinister wizards, unfriendly woodelves reside, with only a little stream to guide and follow , then Gandalf abandons them.
. . Still the frightened little hobbit becomes the leader, with the help of a magical ring, The battle of five armies, a grisly fight where no quarter is given, an epic style end to this tale is the high point.
This classic written inis the original, The Lord of the Rings are sequels and more magical than Mr, Bilbo Baggins band. If you wonder why someone would read a book for the third time all you need to do is get this title, . . yes more than one novel in my library, A trip in a world where you can forget your troubles and drop into one let's face it, quite interesting, . . an ominous place to become a hero even get rich if you serve well, and survive obstacles in the way that all good people will.
Some books are almost impossible to review, If a book is bad, how easily can we dwell on its flaws! But if the book is good, how do you give any recommendation that is equal the book Unless you are an author of equal worth to the one whose work you review, what powers of prose and observation are you likely to have to fitly adorn the work

'The Hobbit' is at one level simply a charming adventure story, perhaps one of the most charming and most adventurous ever told.
There, see how simple that was If you haven't read it, you should, because it is quite enjoyable, At some level, there is little more to say, Enjoy the story as the simple entertainment it was meant to be, Read it to your children and luxuriate in the excitement and joy that shines from their faces, That's enough.

But if it was only simple entertainment, I do not think that it would be anything more than just a good book.
Instead, this simple children's story resonates and fascinates, It teases and hints at something larger and grander, and it instructs and lectures as from one of the most subtle intellects without ever feeling like it is instructing, lecturing or being condescending.


At its heart, the complaint I opened the review with is just a variation on one of the many nuanced observations Tolkien makes in 'The Hobbit' when he complains that a story of a good time is always too quickly told, but a story of evil times often requires a great many words to cover the events thereof.
How often has that idea fascinated me,

Consider also how the story opens, with Bilbo's breezy unreflective manners which are polite in form but not in spirit, and Gandalf's continual meditation on the meaning of 'Good morning.
How much insight is concealed within Gandalf's gentle humor! How often do we find ourselves, like Bilbo, saying something we don't really mean and using words to mean something very unlike their plain meaning! How often do we find ourselves saying, "I don't mean to be rude, but.
. . ", when in fact we mean, "I very much mean to be rude, and here it comes!" If we did not mean to be rude, surely we wouldn't say what we say.
Instead we mean, "I'm going to be rude but I don't want you to think I'm someone who is normally rude, . . ", or "I'm going to put myself forward, but I don't want you to think of me as someone who is normally so arrogant, . . ", or even, "I'm going to be rude, but I don't want to think of myself as someone who is rude, so I'm going to pretend I'm not being rude.
. . "

I think that is what makes this more than just a good book, but a great one, Tolkien is able to gently skewer us for our all too human failings, and he does so without adopting any of the cynicism or selfloathing so common with those that seek out to skewer humanity for its so evident failings.


We fantasize about heroes which are strong and comely of form, and we have for as long as we've had recorded literature.
Our comic books are filled with those neopagan mythic heroes whose exaggerated human virtues always amount to, whatever else may be true of them, 'beats people up good'.
These modern Ajaxs, Helens and Achilles dominate the box office, and I would imagine dominate our internal most private fantasy lives as well, Oh sure, the superhero of our fantasy might have superhuman ethics to go along with his superhuman ability to kick butt, attract the opposite sex, and

enforce their will upon others, but it is always attached to and ultimately secondary to our fantasy of power and virility.
How different is Tolkien's protagonist from Heracles, Lancelot, Beowulf, or Batman short, small, mundane, and weak, Of all the principal characters of the story, he possesses probably the least of that quintessential heroic attribute martial prowess,

And yet, he is not actually merely an 'average Joe', Bilbo is just as much an exaggerated idealized hero as Heracles, it's just that those attributes in which Bilbo is almost transcendently inhuman isn't the sort of attributes we normally fantasize about having ourselves.
Bilbo is gentle. He is simple. He is humble. Power and wealth have little attraction for him, He is kind. He takes less than his share, and that that he takes he gives away, He is a peacemaker. Though wrongly imprisoned, he bears no grudge and desires no vengeance for the wrongs done to him, Rather he apologizes for stealing food, and offers to repay in recompense far more than he took, Though mistreated, he harbors no enmity, He never puts himself forward, but he never shirks when others do,

How often do we fantasize about being this different sort of hero, and yet how much better we would be if we did How much better off would we be if we, like Thorin could declare in our hearts, "There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West.
Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure, If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world, " How often is it that we hunger after all the wrong things What profit would we really have if we had in great measure the power to 'beat people up good' What real use could we put it too How much better off would we be individually and as a people if we most desired to be graced with Bilbo's virtues, rather than Achilles speed, strength, and skill with arms How much less mature does this mere children's book of a well litworld cause our darker fantasies to seem

Now, I admit I am biased in my review.
I read this booktimes before the age of, I broke the spines of three copies of it with continual reading, Yet in my defense I will say that I'm considered only a moderate fan of the book by many, I've known several devotees of the book who, like the protagonist of Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit', can recite whole chapters from memory ensuring that this would be one of the few books that would survive the sudden destruction of all the world's technology if only the world's story tellers survived.
If you are inclined to think no book can be that good, and that my review overhypes it, so much the better, Go in with low expectations so as to be certain that they will be met or exceeded, Forget all I have said save that, "If you haven't read it, you should, because it is quite enjoyable, "
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