The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
An audio-first account of Bilbo Baggins’s journey from a comfortable home to the Lonely Mountain and back. It asks how an unlikely burglar learns to act under danger, and what courage means when luck, loyalty, greed, and competing claims shape a quest. The summary traces his choices, the company’s changing dependence on him, and the costs of victory.
9 chapters
