The Hobbits of Tolkien

Download or read book The Hobbits of Tolkien written by David Day and published by Pyramid. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant role in his fantastical world, Middle-earth. Here in his latest book, Tolkien expert David Day unpicks the myriad of riddles, puns and mystical meanings in Tolkien's works; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.