This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, & found himself doing & saying things altogether unexpected... 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 company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on a journey 'there & back & again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large & 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 & influential books of the twentieth century.