哈比人（全新修訂譯本）

by J.R.R. Tolkien, 朱學恆 (Translator)

　　全球最受矚目　奇幻文學經典之作　　《哈比人》小說搬上影幕　　最熱門話題，奇幻史詩電影再創高潮　　奧斯卡《魔戒》三部曲大導演彼得　傑克森新作　　2012─2014年度大戲《哈比人三部曲》　　電影改編原著小說《哈比人》，全新修訂翻譯版上市　　奇幻文學的鼻祖、善與惡的經典戰爭　　故事，由一枚足以掌控天下的魔戒開始說起……　　托爾金《哈比人》原出版於1937年，為奇幻文學經典《魔戒》三部曲前傳。　　托爾金以融合童話與傳奇小說的手法，通過小說呈現出豐富的想像力、華麗而詭譎的壯麗場景，以及神祕迷魅的中土大陸世界。　　比爾博．巴金斯就和所有哈比人一樣，沒什麼野心，喜愛舒適的生活，旅行的範圍很少遠過食物儲藏室之外。　　但比爾博的安逸日子，隨著巫師甘道夫以及十三個矮人的到來而被打斷，更將他捲入一場意想不到的探險之旅。比爾博被巫師甘道夫選中，激發出冒險的欲望，與13個矮人組成探險隊，前往有一條惡龍守護的孤山，展開了尋寶之旅，要搶回被惡龍藏起的一批寶藏……　　途中雖然經歷了各種危險，但也結識了許多不同種族的友人，比爾博更因緣際會地得到了魔戒。　　探險隊最後斬殺惡龍，矮人們占據了寶山，並與人༼

361 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 26, 2020

About the author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.

Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.

Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.

Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.

Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium’ that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children’s stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.