Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit"

✍ Scribed by Corey Olsen

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 333
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the twentieth century. In December 2012, millions will be introduced or reintroduced to J.R.R. Tolkien's classic with the arrival of the first of two film adaptations by acclaimed director Peter Jackson.

Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's"The Hobbit" is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough and original new reading of this great work to a general audience. Professor Corey Olsen (also known as the Tolkien Professor) will take readers on an in-depth journey through The Hobbit chapter by chapter, revealing the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves and the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice, and, most of all, the revolutions within the life of Bilbo Baggins. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's"The Hobbit" is a book that will make The Hobbit...

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