The Hobbit
di J.R.R.
Tolkien
1a edizione tascabile, 1961
Puffin Books / Penguin Books, Harmondsworth
Illustrazione di copertina di Pauline Baynes
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Note
Comprende la Mappa del Thrór e la Mappa delle Terre Selvagge sulle prime preliminari e non sono incluse le illustrazioni in bianco e nero di Tolkien.
Sono state stampate 35.000 copie e non più ristampato.
Il testo è stato completamente azzerato, e nel processo di stampa sono state apportate numerose modifiche al testo di Tolkien come dwarves > dwarfs e elvish > elfish.
Lo stesso Tolkien non sapeva delle correzioni se non dopo la pubblicazione e questo lo contrariò moltissimo.
PUFFIN BOOKS
Editor : Kaye Webb
PS 161
THE HOBBIT
There are some
books, like some music or places (or even some food!), which are so special and
different that there is no way to describe them. You just have to find out for
yourself.
The Hobbit, which Professor Tolkien originally wrote for
his own children, is such a book. We can tell you that it is an unusual kind of
fairy tale; that its chief character is an engaging domesticated little hobbit
called Bilbo Baggins; and that its story is about how he and his dwarf friends
go on a perilous journey over the Lonely Mountains to win back their treasure
from the Dragon Smaug. We can promise you that their encounter with trolls and
goblins, Bilbo’s Riddle Battle with the monster Gollum, and their other dangers
and adventures are so vivid and convincing that they will come to seem more
real than the everyday world. But this is only part of the quality which has
made this book as famous as The Wind in
the Willows. For just as Bilbo comes back from his travels a changed hobbit
(with a taste for writing poetry), so you, when you have finished reading (or
listening, for this is a perfect reading aloud book), will find you will never
be quite the same again.
The Hobbit will enchant everyone with imagination, but
perhaps some of the more alarming battles might be left out for listeners under
eight.
Cover design by
Pauline Baynes
