A children's fantasy novel about Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving hobbit who lives a quiet life in his snug home. His peace is interrupted when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive and recruit him as their burglar. Together they set out across wild lands toward a distant mountain, where a dragon guards a stolen treasure. Along the way Bilbo meets trolls, goblins, elves and stranger creatures, and discovers unexpected cleverness and courage in himself. Light in tone yet full of danger, the book is a story of travel, growth and homecoming. It introduced Middle-earth to readers and prepared the way for The Lord of the Rings.
Quotes
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 hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.
Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold.