The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition

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In " The History of the Hobbit", John D. Rateliff not only presents the complete unpublished text of the original manuscript of J.R.R.tolkien's The Hobbit, but also gives a lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. This book shows the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, and examines – chapter-by-chapter – why those changes were made and how they reflect tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.

i. The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii. The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii. The Lays of Beleriand · iv. The Shaping of Middle-earth · v. The Lost Road and Other Writings · vi. The Return of the Shadow · vii. The Treason of Isengard · viii. The War of the Ring · ix. Sauron Defeated · x. Morgoth's Ring · xi. The War of the Jewels · xii. The Peoples of Middle-earth · Index) · Lawrence, Elizabeth T. (1987). "Glory Road: Epic Romance As An Allegory of 20th Century History; The World Through The Eyes of J. R. R. Tolkien". Epic, Romance and the American Dream; 1987 Volume II. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute . Retrieved 15 June 2008. The overcoming of greed and selfishness has been seen as the central moral of the story. [102] Whilst greed is a recurring theme in the novel, with many of the episodes stemming from one or more of the characters' simple desire for food (be it trolls eating dwarves or dwarves eating Wood-elf fare) or a desire for beautiful objects, such as gold and jewels, [103] it is only by the Arkenstone's influence upon Thorin that greed, and its attendant vices "coveting" and "malignancy", come fully to the fore in the story and provide the moral crux of the tale. Bilbo steals the Arkenstone—a most ancient relic of the dwarves—and attempts to ransom it to Thorin for peace. However, Thorin turns on the Hobbit as a traitor, disregarding all the promises and "at your services" he had previously bestowed. [104] In the end Bilbo gives up the precious stone and most of his share of the treasure to help those in greater need. Tolkien also explores the motif of jewels that inspire intense greed that corrupts those who covet them in the Silmarillion, and there are connections between the words "Arkenstone" and " Silmaril" in Tolkien's invented etymologies. [105] J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a tale that 'grew in the telling', and many character and story threads present in the published book were completely different when Tolkien first read the story to his young sons as part of their 'fireside reads'.

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Contains the second half of Tolkien's original manuscript draft, with commentary and later drafts and appendices.

Originally, Fallohides were often found as leaders among clans of the other Hobbits. In the year TA 1601, two Fallohide brothers, Marcho and Blanco, decided to journey across the River Brandywine and settle on the other side. Large groups of Hobbits followed them, and most of their former territory was depopulated. The Hobbits who had left called their new home the Shire. Beetz, Kirk H., ed. (1996). Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction Analysis. Vol.8 volume set. Beacham Publishers. p.1924. ISBN 978-0-933833-42-5. At the beginning of The Hobbit ... Bilbo Baggins seems little more than a conservative but good-natured innocent. The Hobbits' numbers dwindled, and their stature became progressively smaller after the Fourth Age. However, they are sometimes spoken of in the present tense, and the prologue "Concerning Hobbits" in The Lord of the Rings states that they have survived into Tolkien's day. [1] Types of hobbits The History of Middle-earth ( The Book of Lost Tales Part One [1983] • The Book of Lost Tales Part Two [1984] • The Lays of Beleriand [1985] • The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals [1986] • The Lost Road and Other Writings [1987] • The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One [1988] • The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two [1989] • The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three [1990] • Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four [1992] • Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman [1993] • The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two [1994] • The Peoples of Middle-earth [1996] • Index [2006])

History of the Hobbit: An essential resource book for the forthcoming movie adaptation of The Hobbit" (Press release). Tolkien Library. 13 October 2006. The task of making a study of The Hobbit fell to linguist Taum Santoski in the 1980's. Santoski had connections to the Marquette University collection of Tolkien material, where the original manuscripts reside. He died in 1991, and then the task was passed to John D. Rateliff. Though Christopher Tolkien did not work directly on The History of The Hobbit, the work is of a similar vein to the "literary archaeology" of The History of Middle-earth. [3] Rateliff eventually submitted a finished draft of the book, and Christopher Tolkien approved of it. a b Edwards, Owen Dudley (2008). British Children's Fiction in the Second World War. Edinburgh University Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7486-1651-0. Sammons, Martha C. (2010). War of the Fantasy Worlds: C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien on Art and Imagination. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.6. ISBN 978-0-313-36282-8.