The author of this book is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien). J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Both of his parents died while he was at an early age. While he was at Pembroke College, Oxford, as a Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925 to 1945 and then, until his retirement in 1959, he was a professor of English language and literature. His main interest was in the literary and linguistic tradition of the English West Midlands. As he taught, he wrote the The Lord of the Rings books that served as a sequel to The Hobbit. He then died on September 2, 1973. The Hobbit was published around the turn of the twentieth century.

The following six are the main characters in The Hobbit: Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin Oakenshield, Gollum, Beorn, Smaug, Bard. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, short human-like people that love food...