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Title: An obvious First Attempt
Review: A good story in its own right, it provides a bit of a backdrop and some foreshadowing to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a much more "mature" story. The Hobbit is very obviously a first attempt at world-creating, and a bit "juvenile;" the subject matter is not childish per se, but the style of writing is a bit so, perhaps more suited to a fairy tale...perhaps that was his original intent?
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