(1937) The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J. R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, ‘The Hobbit’. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.
The Hobbit ni hadithi ya ajabu ya Bilbo, Hobbit mpenda amani, ambaye anaanza adventure ya ajabu na ya kichawi. Kitabu cha kale kisicho na wakati. Bilbo Baggins anaishi maisha ya utulivu na furaha, bila tamaa ya kusafiri mbali na starehe za nyumbani; kisha siku moja mchawi Gandalf na kundi la dwarfs huwasili bila kutarajia na kuajiri huduma zake kama mwizi katika safari hatari ya kuvamia hazina ya Smaug joka. Maisha ya Bilbo hayatakuwa sawa tena. Ni mara chache sana kitabu chochote kimeandikwa na kupendwa sana kama J. R. R. Hadithi ya Tolkien ya kawaida, "The Hobbit". Tangu kuchapishwa kwake kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1937, kitabu hicho kimekuwa kikichapishwa ili kufurahisha kila kizazi kipya cha wasomaji duniani kote, na shujaa wake, Bilbo Baggins, amechukua nafasi yake miongoni mwa watu wasioweza kufa wa hadithi za uwongo.