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THE HOBBIT.
J. R. R. Tolkien.

The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a
company of dwarves, in search of dragon-guarded gold. A
reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a
comfort-loving, unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself
by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar.
Encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarves, elves and giant
spiders, conversations with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent
and a rather unwilling presence at the Battle of the Five Armies
are some of the adventures that befall Bilbo. But there are
lighter moments as well: good fellowship, welcome meals,
laughter and song.
It is a complete and marvellous tale in itself, but it also
forms a prelude to The Lord of the Rings.

'The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have
nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of
its own. Its place is with Alice and The Wind in the Willows.'
- Times Literary Supplement

'Has the air of inventing nothing. He has studied trolls and
dragons at first hand and describes them with fidelity.'
- The Times

'One of the best loved characters in English fiction... a
marvellous fantasy adventure.' - Daily Mail

THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
J. R. R. Tolkien.

Part 1: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Part 2: The Two Towers.
Part 3: The Return of the King.

The Lord of the Rings cannot be described in a few words.
J. R. R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been
labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of science fiction.
It is, however, impossible to convey to the new reader all of
the book's qualities, and the range of its creation. By turns
comic, homely, epic, monstrous and diabolic, the narrative
moves through countless changes of scenes and character in
an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.
Tolkien created a new mythology in an invented world which
has proved timeless in its appeal.

'An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It
leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing
episodes, some of them magnificent, in a region where everything