The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1937 CE · Novel · English · Contemporary

Thirteen dwarves and a wizard let themselves into a comfortable hobbit's hole and engage him as burglar for an expedition to a mountain held by the dragon that took their kingdom. The road east runs through trolls, goblin tunnels, a riddle game in the dark with a creature who has mislaid a ring, wood-elves, spiders and a river of empty barrels. Tolkien wrote it out of the philology and northern legend he taught.

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Lineage

• influenced by ↑ Beowulf
  Anonymous · c. 1000 CE · Poem
• influenced by ↑ The Poetic Edda
  Anonymous · c. 1270 CE · Poem
• ↓ The Lord of the Rings
  J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954 CE · Novel — continues this

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  Victor Fleming · 1939 CE · Film

  54% · 12 shared
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• The Lord of the Rings
  J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954 CE · Novel

  53% · 14 shared
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• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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  52% · 11 shared
  NovelFantasyAdventureFellowshipComing of AgeExile & HomecomingThe QuestVoyage and ReturnTalisman / Charmvs SupernaturalMythic
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  48% · 10 shared
  FantasyAdventureFellowshipComing of AgeExile & HomecomingContemporaryThe QuestVoyage and ReturnAdventureComic
• Treasure Island
  R. L. Stevenson · 1883 CE · Novel

  47% · 11 shared
  NovelAdventureComing of AgeWealth & GreedTricksterThe QuestVoyage and ReturnGold / Treasurevs SelfAdventureEnglish
• Peter Pan
  Geronimi, Jackson & Luske · 1953 CE · Film

  46% · 11 shared
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