<i>First published in the United States more than sixty years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien's </i>The Hobbit<i> has<b> </b>become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right...</i><br><br>The enchanted prelude to The Lord of the Rings, <i>The Hobbit</i> is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger—and in the end it is bilbo Baggins alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earth.