# The Hobbits of Tolkien

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- Book: [The Hobbits of Tolkien](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-day/the-hobbits-of-tolkien) ([The Hobbits of Tolkien.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-day/the-hobbits-of-tolkien.md))
- Authors: [David Day](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-day)
- Publisher: pyramid
- ISBN: 978-07-5373-378-3
- Published: 2019-10-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An entire race was born when J. R. R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant role in his fantastical world, Middle-earth. Here in his latest book, Tolkien expert David Day unpicks the myriad of riddles, puns and mystical meanings in Tolkien's works; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.