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This book is based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The History of the Hobbit: Book 2
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Description edit
First published in 1938, The Hobbit is a story that “grew in the telling,” and many characters and events in the published book are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their “fireside reads.” For the first time, The History of the... read more
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Errata edit
The most obvious error in this book is the missing text on page 486, where a smudge-shaped white area makes a paragraph illegible. The paragraph should read:
"...they saw that the land had become all barren and was blasted for a great distance about the ancient caverns of the Rodothlim <NargNote: othrond>, and the trees were crushed to the earth or snapped. Toward the hills a black heath stretched and the lands were scored with the great slots that that loathly worm made in his creeping..."
"Now was that band aghast as they looked upon that region from afar, yet they prepared them for battle, and drawing lots sent one of their number...to that high place upon the confines of the withered land..."
Other errors can be found on the author's website, here:
http://www.sacnothscriptorium.com/works/errata.html
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in The History of the Hobbit. (standard series)
Preceded by Mr. Baggins, and followed by The Hobbit.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John D. Rateliff (Author)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (Creator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0618969195
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0618969195
Page Count: 448
Awards edit
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (2009 : Inklings Studies)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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