Fantasy Children Classics Young adult 1938

The hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Published in Spanish as El Hobbit

This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected...

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What it is

In search of a lost world or a treasure · odd and endearing

What happens in it

The long road Lost worlds and treasures

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How it's told

Who tells it
A narrator who knows it all
Its world
An invented world

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you like a story that bends reality a little
  • you want a book that feels like a blanket

Maybe not if…

  • you like to keep your feet on the ground
  • you want tension from the first page

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