{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-hobbit-one-volume-edition-1","title":"The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media-library-service-media\/5d7f8ed1-7f49-435f-859a-ccff29f467ac.__CR0,0,970,600_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg\" alt=\"The Rings of Power, Tolkien, Lord of the Rings\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eincludes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their ‘fireside reads’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether in one volume, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe History of the Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, accompanied by John Rateliff’s lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines – chapter by chapter – why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien’s ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs well as reproducing the original version of one of the world’s most popular novels – both on its own merits and as the foundation for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien’s professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe History of Middle-earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo’s round door for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media-library-service-media\/8578025b-0b80-4321-ade6-51c7806cbc9e.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg\" alt=\"Tolkien, The Rings of Power\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50967500914994,"sku":"SNG7939","price":17.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7351\/5314\/files\/TOTH-1_cd691d3c-df38-45cf-aa85-0a98e1943c11.jpg?v=1781778282","url":"https:\/\/www.powpex.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-hobbit-one-volume-edition-1","provider":"Powpex Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}