书籍介绍
AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE FANTASY CLASSIC WITH SIX NEW PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS!
First published in the United States more than seventy-five years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is one of the best-loved books of all time. Now a blockbuster film by Peter Jackson, Academy Award–winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit was also adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, a classic in its own right, presented here in a new expanded edition.
When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim stolen treasure from the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earth—and a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring.
作者简介
J.R.R. 托尔金(J.R.R. Tolkien),英国文豪,天才的语言学家,生于1892年1月3日,1925年开始担任牛津大学教授。他创作了一系列脍炙人口的中洲世界史诗,影响最为深远的是《霍比特人》和《魔戒》。这两部巨作被誉为当代奇幻作品的鼻祖。1972年3月28日 ,托尔金 获英国女王伊丽莎白二世颁发的大英帝国指挥官勋章。
托尔金于1973年9月2日在牛津逝世。托尔金死后,其作品声名未减,至今全球已畅销2.5亿余册,《魔戒》在英国Waterstones书店和第四频道合办的票选活动中被选为20世纪之书,被亚马逊网络书店票选为两千年以来最重要的书。
《霍比特人》最初是托尔金写给自己孩子的炉边故事。自1937年首次出版,已被翻译成64种语言,销售超过1亿册,成为20世纪最受爱戴的文学经典之一。
艾伦•李(Alan Lee),英国插画大师。生于1947年,尤擅水彩与铅笔素描。曾为众多文学经典创作插图,以《伊利亚特》获得英国童书最高荣誉格林纳威奖,更以《霍比特人》获得世界奇幻大会年度最佳艺术家奖。
“托尔金创造的世界,艾伦•李让我们看见。”李的插画是托尔金笔下宏大世界的视觉化基础,得到全世界读者与影迷的承认和热爱。凭借为电影《指环王》作出的卓越贡献,李荣膺2004年奥斯卡最佳艺术指导奖。