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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
Contributed by Machelle Schuler
Content
Overview
Context
Themes
Symbols
Characters
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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Chapter Summaries
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Chapter Summary
Chapter 1
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit-one of a short, furry-footed, amiable race of people living in the pastoral land of The Shire, whose passions include tobacc...
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Chapter 2
The morning after his unexpected party, Bilbo awakens to a house full of dishes that must be cleaned. As he chastises himself for even considering joi...
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Chapter 3
Gandalf leads the company to a time of rest in the idyllic valley of Rivendell, where Elrond, an elf-lord, lives in the Last Homely House. Bilbo loves...
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Chapter 4
As the company winds its way through the narrow passes of the Misty Mountains, a storm breaks. The travelers take shelter in a cave. Unfortunately, th...
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Chapter 5
By a lake far beneath the Misty Mountains, a creature named Gollum spends a lonely existence in the darkness. He spots Bilbo, who is wandering lost, a...
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Chapter 6
Bilbo emerges on the other side of the Misty Mountains, but does not know whether his friends are still being held captive by goblins. He has just mad...
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Chapter 7
The eagles carry the company to a great rock in the grasslands. After the eagles leave, however, Gandalf announces-to the dwarves’ and the hobbit’...
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Chapter 8
The dwarves and the hobbit wander for days in the darkness of Mirkwood. At one point, Bilbo climbs a tree to gage their progress. Above the trees, he ...
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Chapter 9
Having already captured Thorin, the Wood-elves now capture his companions as well. Quickly, Bilbo puts on the Ring. He follows the procession of capti...
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Chapter 10
Bilbo and the barrels float into the Long Lake and to the bay of Lake-town. Bilbo releases the bedraggled but grateful dwarves from the barrels. When ...
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Chapter 11
The dwarves arrive at the Lonely Mountain and position themselves outside the hidden door into the caverns beneath it, where the hoard of treasure-and...
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Chapter 12
Thorin announces that the time has come for Bilbo to earn his reward. Alone, Bilbo enters the tunnel that leads to the dragon’s lair far beneath the...
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
While the dwarves panic about being seemingly trapped inside the Mountain, Bilbo suggests that the only way out is down-into Smaug’s lair. Not knowi...
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Chapter 15
The narrator now provides information about Smaug’s actions while the dwarves and Bilbo have been in the Mountain. When the people of Esgaroth see a...
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Chapter 16
The thrush who told Bard how to bring down Smaug now overhears Bilbo and the dwarves talking about the ancient friendship that existed between Thorin�...
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Chapter 17
As the siege of the Lonely Mounain wears on, Thorin continues to seek the Arkenstone, speaking of his desire for it: "to me it is beyond price." Upon ...
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Chapter 18
Bard again seeks to parley with Thorin, showing the dwarf the Arkenstone. Thorin guesses that Bilbo is responsible and shakes him in anger. At that mo...
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Chapter 19
Waking up and removing his Ring, Bilbo is found by a man who has been sent to search for him. The hobbit is carried to a camp where Thorin lies dying....
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Chapter 20
This brief chapter brings the book to its close. After another stay in Rivendell, Bilbo and Gandalf return to the Shire. To Bilbo’s surprise, his ho...
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