Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”

“An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes of The Hobbit, following the there-and-back-again progress from its well-known first line on by way of to Bilbo’s return residence on the story’s finish.” — Douglas A. Anderson, writer of
The Annotated Hobbit
 
The Hobbit is likely one of the most generally learn and best-loved books of the 20th century. Now Corey Olsen takes readers deep inside the textual content to uncover its secrets and techniques and delights.

Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is a enjoyable, considerate, and insightful companion quantity designed to deliver a radical and unique new studying of this nice work to a basic viewers. Professor Corey Olsen takes readers on an in-depth journey by way of
The Hobbit chapter by chapter, revealing the tales inside the story: the darkish wishes of dwarves and the elegant laughter of elves, the character of evil and its hopelessness, the thriller of divine windfall and human alternative, and, most of all, the transformation inside the lifetime of Bilbo Baggins.
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is a ebook that can make
The Hobbit come alive for readers as by no means earlier than.