The Hobbit; or There and Back Again (September 21, 1937) by [person:EM5wgiEIEeaAugAeyeRIgw] is a fantasy novel. It tells the story of a homebody Hobbit named [character:TSVC-r1lEeaAuwAeyeRIgw] and his inadvertent aid to the displaced Dwarf king [character:Kyps4vrJEeaAuwAeyeRIgw].