Tolkien english hardcover book f 5 out of 5 stars 102 102 product ratings the hobbit. Get your order fast and stress free with free curbside pickup. If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. The hobbit is the story of bilbo baggins, a hobbit who lives in hobbiton. I read the one volume edition and it was a thick book to say the least, but it was worth every minute i spent reading it. The final hobbit film is an unprecedentedly gratuitous stretch of. I have owned many different formats of this book in my lifetime but this hardback is my favourite.
Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as j. The trilogy of films 474 minutes of orcs and elves is based on a single novel by j. Oct 26, 2007 the hobbit is much shorter than lotr and silmarillion and as a result i liked the way the history of the hobbit was organized compared to home. Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. The hobbit is in my 5 favourite books of all time and this version is simply spectacular. The third and final hobbit film, which opens today, is probably your last chance to take a cinematic journey to middleearth. In this prequel to the lord of the rings, bilbo baggins enjoys a quiet life until a group of dwarves and a wizard named gandalf enlist him in their quest for a dragons treasure. These free notes consist of about 77 pages 22,997 words and contain the following sections. The original the hobbit book is the source for the twopart hobbit film story. Lewis famously called the book a marvellous classicinthe. The hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by peter jackson. Before bilbo is really able to improve upon the situation, gandalf has invited himself to tea and when he arrives, he comes with a company of dwarves led by thorin. All that the unsuspecting bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. Tolkien 1990 paperback 5 out of 5 stars 1 1 product ratings the hobbit. The films are based on the 1937 novel the hobbit by j.
With a total 474 minute running time approximately 542 minutes for the. However, confident that his book would one day be divided into a dozen movies, author jrr tolkien also provided 125 pages of hobbit backstory. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices. How many pages do the lord of the rings books have. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster. There are bestselling books like infinite jest that are incredibly long, and books like the great gatsby that are pretty short. The hobbit series is the most stretched film adaptation of a novel. Since the hobbit is not set in a specific historical period or geographical location, the. The return of the king is the towering climax to j. The book has sold an estimated 100 million copies worldwide since first publication and along with its sequel is the trope codifier for the high fantasy genre. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book.
R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works. It is heavy, beautifully covered in green cloth, the illustrations are spectacular and i really feel as though i read it for the 1st time all over again when. How is jackson going to turn the prequel, which is actually less than one. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 01, 2012 the hobbit is a timeless classic, which is a tale of bilbo baggins, the wizard gandalf, gollum, and the spectacular world of middleearth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon smaug the magnificent. The movie does not explain why their sam is more or less the same size when. This hobbit was a very welltodo hobbit, and his name was baggins. Nov 22, 2011 the hobbit 95,022 the lord of the rings 455,125 the two towers 143,436 the return of the king 4,462. The vary in length from about ten pages to as much as 30 pages. Working parttime through the 1981 school year out of the large and mostly empty melbourne house offices, optimistically sized for expansion megler and mitchell inched the hobbit toward completion between classes and other responsibilities. Mar 11, 2021 the hobbit, or there and back again, better known as the hobbit, is the first of j. We assign a color and icon like this one to each theme, making it easy to track which themes apply to each quote below. Litcharts makes it easy to find quotes by chapter, character, and theme. While there are a number of settings to be examined in the.
In this concluding volume, frodo and sam make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the shadow in a final reckoning with the power of sauron. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. A meek hobbit from the shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful one ring and save middleearth from the dark lord sauron. It was published on 21 september 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the carnegie medal and awarded a prize from the new york herald tribune for best juvenile fiction. The hobbit, or there and back again is a childrens fantasy novel by english author j. The third and final installment of the hobbit series hits theaters. The latter tend to have larger, and therefore fewer, pages. Elijah wood, ian mckellen, orlando bloom, sean bean.
The hobbit quotes explanations with page numbers litcharts. You may be interested to learn that one definition for the word hob is hobgoblin or elf. Tolkien that, according to my paperback copy, numbers 293. Tolkiens classic prelude to his lord of the rings trilogy featuring cover art by caldecott honor winning childrens book illustrator peter sis, this edition o.
Analyzing chapter lengths in fantasy fiction creativity hacker. The artwork seems good, especially the dwarves, gandalf, and the goblins. Dec 06, 2012 with the imminent release of the first of peter jacksons threepart adaptation of the hobbit, i revisited j. Most know the hobbit as the beloved novel by jrr tolkien, but the movie trilogy adaptation deviates from the source. Martin freeman, ian mckellen, richard armitage, andy serkis. Tolkien 1963 second edition, 1517th printing houghton mifflin company boston isbn. Which order should i read tolkiens middleearth books in. How the hobbit extended editions improve the trilogy for. That said but what about famous book that is insert insanely long or short word count yes. When megler graduated at the end of the year, it fell to mitchell to see the project through to its release in late 1982. The hobbit the lord of the rings media tiein paperback. In the book, however, supper is simply an alternative name for dinne. The book is in very good plus condition, with a moisture mark to the back panel cloth. Tolkien 18921973 is the creator of middleearth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as the hobbit, the lord of the rings, and the silmarillion.
It doesnt come with a dust jacket, the picture on the front and back cover is expertly presseddyed onto what feels like a clothlike covering on the book. Bilbo baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. Tolkiens 1937 novel, which i had not opened since i was a teenager. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. An unexpected journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson. As you read the book decide whether your word associations are con sistent with the hobbits in the story. I dont know where he came from, nor who or what he was. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read. Jun 23, 20 there were 5 titles at the heavierweight end, all of which had an average paragraph length of more than 50 words. Jul 26, 2012 individually, each of those books is longer than the hobbit, and yet they each only received a single film treatment. The bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of the hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not.
Sep 21, 2017 w hen the first edition of the hobbit. The hobbit and the lord of the rings have, of course, been adapted a number of times on sc. May 14, 2018 readers of individual genres anticipate certain book lengths, and so do publishers. The hobbit has more unique words and a higher unique word density than both the silmarillion and each volume in the lord of the rings. If you are an author of a book or know of a books accurate wordcount, contact me. The first chapter, the unexpected party and flies and spiders are the longest. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which a white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots. Tolkiens trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of middleearth and the great war of the rings. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will. Other famous books 22,416 the mouse and the motorcycle beverly cleary 30,644 charlie and the chocolate factory roald dahl 35,968 old yeller fred gipson 36,363 lion the witch and the wardrobe c. Series page for the hobbit published in volumes the hobbit, part one, the hobbit, part 2 of 2, and the hobbit, or there and back again. A reluctant hobbit, bilbo baggins, sets out to the lonely mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon smaug.
The longest single book tolkien wrote was the fellowship of the ring. It is the first instalment in a threepart film adaptation based on j. It seems the impact of this particular moment from the book might not have. Tolkien does not specifically give size as a generic hobbit trait, but does make it the. The dwarves, along with bilbo baggins and gandalf the grey, continue their quest to reclaim erebor, their homeland, from smaug. As far as the book itself, it is only about 45 pages. Buy the hobbit book online at low prices in india the. The hobbits numbers dwindled, and their stature became progressively. While the three movies had a large number of minor and trivial differences from.
Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the percentage of unique words of the. The hobbit to be split into three movies because peter. The lord of the rings unfinished tales the history of middleearth the hobbit, or there and back again, the fellowship of the ring the l. A sequel was requested by his publishers, and as work on the lord of the rings progressed, tolkien made accommodations for it in chapter 5 of the hobbit. However, confident that his book would one day be divided into a dozen movies, author jrr tolkien also provided 125 pages of hobbit backstory, billed as the appendecies, in a later edition of.
Apr 23, 2018 readers expect a certain length of novel, and therefore agents and editors care in turn. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. The free the hobbit notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. He enjoys a peaceful and pastoral life but his life is interrupted by a surprise visit by the wizard gandalf. The text in this 372page paperback edition is based on that first published in great britain by collins modern classics 1998, and includes a note on the text by douglas a. What follows is a rough guide to book length expectations in certain genres. Choose from contactless same day delivery, drive up and more. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings. Or are you a visually impaired reader who prefers largeprint editions. The average paragraph length across all the books was 41. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, bilbo baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction. Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the percentage of unique words of the whole text. However, since each tome blitzed the 100,000 word mark the fellowship of the ring has177,227 words, the two towers has 143,436 words, and the return of the king has 4,462 there was more than.
The number of copies of the first state is also currently unknown. The hobbit is one of my favorite books and the illustrations, whether big or small, add even more character and charm to the story. However, the exact number of pages varies from edition to edition due to font size, page size, use of illustrations, and so on. The truth is that in this book a number of good things, never before united, have come together. Deep down here by the dark water lived old gollum, a small slimy creature.
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