Book description
First ever illustrated eBook of the classic bestseller featuring more
than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning
artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN
UNEXPECTED JOURNEY.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life,
rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End.
But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company
of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on
an unexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raid
the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon…
The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions
of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of
the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
This new eBook edition is illustrated throughout in gorgeous watercolour
and delicate pencil by Alan Lee, the Oscar-winning Conceptual Designer
on Peter Jackson's films, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and THE
HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN. 'One of the best loved characters in
English fiction… a marvellous fantasy adventure'
Daily Mail
'Finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls…
an exciting epic of travel, magical adventure, working up to a
devastating climax'
The Observer
'A flawless masterpiece'
The Times J. R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic,
though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been
translated into over 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies
worldwide.
