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The Annotated Hobbit

The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit with a commentary by Douglas A. Anderson. It was first published in 1988 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first American publication of The Hobbit, and by Unwin Hyman of London.

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MythloreGlen GoodKnightMythopoeic SocietyLettersEntire poems
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Structure

Drawn by TolkienPoems written by Tolkien
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Author
J. R. R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson
Genre
Novel with Literary analysis
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Unwin Hyman, HarperCollins
Awards
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
LC Class
PR6039.O32 H6

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related to Reception · 17
The Annotated Hobbit → Beahm, George, Glen GoodKnight, GoodKnight, He, Inkling, More, Mythlore, Mythopoeic Scholarship Award, Mythopoeic Society, On, The Hoard, The Hobbit, The Tolkien, Tolkien's, Tom Shippey, What
related to Editions · 14
The Annotated Hobbit → Another British, Bilbo, Erebor, Expanded Edition, Gandalf's, HarperCollins, In, It, London, Revised, The, The Quest, This, Tolkien's
related to Structure · 5
The Annotated Hobbit → Anderson, Douglas, The, The Hobbit, Tolkien
Author · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → J. R. R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson
Awards · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
Genre · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → Novel with Literary analysis
ISBN · 1
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LC Class · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → PR6039.O32 H6
Media type · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → Print
Publication date · 1
The Annotated Hobbit → 1988

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The Annotated HobbitAwardsMythopoeic Scholarship Award1.00infobox
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The Annotated HobbitLC ClassPR6039.O32 H61.00infobox
The Annotated HobbitMedia typePrint1.00infobox
The Annotated HobbitPublication date19881.00infobox
The Annotated HobbitPublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, Unwin Hyman, HarperCollins1.00infobox
The Annotated Hobbitrelated to EditionsIn0.60section
The Annotated Hobbitrelated to EditionsRevised0.60section
The Annotated Hobbitrelated to EditionsExpanded Edition0.60section
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