History of the Hobbit

Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Frontispiece
Introduction
	i. Chronology of Composition
	ii. A Note on the Text
	iii. The Plan of This Edition
	iv. Abbreviations and Acknowledgments
The First Phase
	I(a). The Pryftan Fragment
		i. The Lost Opening
		ii. Nomenclature in the Pryftan Fragment
		iii. The Geography of the Tale & The First Map
	I(b). The Bladorthin Typescript
		i. Baggins of Bag-End
		ii. Bladorthin
		iii. Dwarven Magic
		iv. The Voice of the Narrator
The Second Phase
	I(c). The Adventure Continues
		i. The Dwarves
		ii. Moria
		iii. The Necromancer
		iv. The Third of March
	II. Trolls
		i. The Trolls
		ii. Bilbo’s Contract
	III. Rivendell
		i. The Last Decent House
		ii. Elves in the Moonlight
		iii. Elrond
		iv. Durin’s Day
	IV. Goblins
		i. Goblins
		ii. The Giants
		iii. Switzerland
		iv. Bilbo’s Dreams, and Other Matters
	V. Gollum
		i. The Gollum
		ii. Riddles
		iii. The Ring
		iv. The Invisible Monster
	VI. Wargs and Eagles
		i. The Wolves
		ii. The Eagles
	VII. Medwed
		i. Bears
		ii. Bothvar Bjarki
		iii. Beorn’s Hall
		iv. The Carrock
		v. The Dolittle Theme
		vi. Radagast
	Plot Notes A
		Tolkien’s Plot Notes
	VIII. Mirkwood
		i. The Children of Ungoliant
		ii. Butterflies
		iii. The Theseus Theme
		iv. Bilbo the Warrior
	‘The Enchanted Stream’
	Mirkwood Reconsidered
	Plot Notes B
		i. The Story Foreseen from the Capture by Wood-elves
		ii. Visiting the Mewlips
		iii. Lake Town
		iv. The Original Time-Scheme
		v. Into the Dragon’s Lair
		vi. Conversations with Smaug
		vii. The Gem of Girion
		viii. Bilbo Kills Smaug
		ix. The Poem
		x. A Battle Gathering in the West
		xi. Just a Hobbit Again
	IX. In the Halls of the Elvenking
		i. The Vanishing People
		ii. The Three Kindreds of the Elves
		iii. The King of Wood and Stone
		iv. The Name ‘Thranduil’
		v. The Wine of Dorwinion
	X. Lake Town
		i. Lake Town
		ii. ‘The Mayor & Corporation’
		iii. Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror
	XI. The Lonely Mountain
		i. The Desolation of the Dragon
		ii. The Thrush
	Plot Notes C
	XII. Conversations with Smaug
		i. Tolkien’s Dragons
		ii. Smaug the Magnificent
		iii. ‘The Only Philological Remark’
	XIII (later XIV). The Death of Smaug
		i. Bard the Dragon-Slayer
		ii. The Black Arrow
		iii. The Death of Smaug
		iv. The Name ‘Esgaroth’
	Plot Notes D
	XIV (later XIII). While the Dragon’s Away ...
		i. Dragon-sickness (‘The Hoard’)
		ii. The Arkenstone as Silmaril
		iii. A Note on Cram
	XVa. The Kindness of Ravens
		i. The Ravens of the Mountain
	The Siege of the Mountain
	Plot Notes E: ‘Little Bird’
	Plot Notes F
The Third Phase
	‘A Thief Indeed’
	XVb. King Bard
	XVI. Divided Loyalties
	XVII. The Battle of Five Armies
	XVIII. ‘And Back Again’
	XIX. The End of the Journey
		i. Dain son of Nain
		ii. Bolg of the North
		iii. The Battle of Five Armies
		iv. ‘The Halls of Waiting’
		v. Bilbo’s First Poem
The Fourth Phase
	The 1947 Hobbit
		i. ‘Proposed correction of Hobbit to simplify Sequel’
		ii. Errors in ‘The Hobbit’
		iii. Other corrections
		iv. Prefatory Note
		v. Thrym Thistlebeard
	The Fortunate Misunderstanding
The Fifth Phase
	The 1960 Hobbit
	New Chapter I. A Well-Planned Party
	New Chapter II. The Broken Bridge
	New Chapter III. Arrival in Rivendell
	Queries and Reminders
	The End of the Fifth Phase
	Timelines and Itinerary
		i. Distances and Itinerary
		ii. Timetable from Rivendell to Lake Town
		iii. The Timeline Revisited
		iv. Waxing and Waning
		v. Phases of the Moon
		vi. The Wandering Moon
Appendices
	I. The Denham Tracts (The Name ‘Hobbit’)
	II. Tolkien’s letter to The Observer (The Hobyahs)
	III. The Dvergatal (The Dwarf Names)
	IV. Tolkien’s Correspondence with Arthur Ransome
	V. Author’s Copies List
Addendum: The Seventh Phase
	i. Timeline of Events
	ii. Notes on a Parley
	iii. Responses to Queries
	iv. Personae
	v. Runic Charts
	vi. Fëanorian Letters
Index
Endnotes
Picture Section
Copyright
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