The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie …

Dec 14, 2012 · A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Oct 24, 2025 · The Hobbit, fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1937. The novel introduced Tolkien’s richly imagined world of Middle Earth in its Third Age and served as a …

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 …

Oct 29, 2025 · The Hobbit is set within Tolkien's Middle-earth and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by a dragon …

The official YouTube page for The Hobbit Trilogy.The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, ...

Bilbo Baggins, a humble hobbit from the Shire, is swept into an unexpected adventure when the wizard Gandalf invites him to join a group of dwarves on a journey to reclaim their lost homeland.

The films are based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's 1937 novel The Hobbit, but much of the trilogy was inspired by the appendices to his 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings, which expand on the story …

Dec 17, 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Directed by Peter Jackson. With Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott. Bilbo Baggins and company are …

An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies, known collectively as The Hobbit, are three live-action films based upon J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel …