There lives a Hobbit in the abode underground. Bilbo, a comfort-loving unambitious Hobbit, lives happily in Bag End. In a sunny morning, the arrival of the wise wizard Gandalf breaks the quiet. ""Across the cold and foggy mountains, we live in those deep caves for thousands of years ......"" In old songs, Bilbo is dragged into the adventure team by the thirteen dwarves. During this ""unexpected trip"", Bilbo, the Hobbit who stands aloof from worldly success, finds on his own the little ring which boasts the power to change the world in the cave at the bottom of the hill, where is as dark as the nighthaven.
在地底的洞府中住着一个霍比特人。
比尔博,一个热爱安逸生活的霍比特人,自得其乐地待在袋底洞他的霍比特洞府里。清晨和煦,睿智巫师甘道夫的到来打破了宁静。“越过冰冷而又雾蒙蒙的大山,在那深深地下洞穴已有千年……”吟着古老的歌谣,十三个矮人将比尔博拽进冒险远行的队伍。在这趟“意外之旅”之中,与世无争的霍比特人比尔博,却孤身一人在暗如永夜的山底洞穴中发现了足以改变整个世界的小小戒指。
《霍比特人》自1937年首次出版,已被翻译成64种语言,销售超过1亿册,成为伟大的现代经典。17年后,续作《魔戒》出版。《霍比特人》完美地融合了史诗气派与童心稚趣。故事发生在精灵强盛的时代之后、人类统治的时代之前。那时著名的黑森林依然耸立,群山间仍充满艰险。如果此前你对这些浑然不知,那么随着这位平凡探险家的不凡旅程,你会和他一道顺便认识食人妖、半兽人、矮人和精灵,也会了解到那个遭到忽视的伟大时代。
初入世界的前路未知,正如去而复返后的无法忘怀……
By J.R.R. Tolkien, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 314 pages, 9.25"x6.5"