The History of The Hobbit was a new study of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, published by HarperCollins in June and July 2007 in the UK, and published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin. This two-volume work contains Tolkien’s previously unpublished original drafts of the novel, accompanied by commentary written by John D. Rateliff.[1] It also details Tolkien’s various revisions to The Hobbit, including abandoned revisions for the unpublished third edition of the work, intended for 1960, as well as previously unpublished original maps and illustrations drawn by Tolkien himself.[2]
A boxed set combining The Hobbit with The History of The Hobbit has been confirmed for a September publication.[3]
Two parts
The first volume is titled The History of The Hobbit: Volume I: Mr. Baggins. This contains the first half of Tolkien’s draft material for The Hobbit, along with commentary. This volume was published in the UK May 4, 2007.
The second volume, entitled The History of The Hobbit: Volume II: Return to Bag-End, contains the last half of Tolkien’s original manuscript draft, with commentary, as well as later drafts and appendices. This volume was published in the UK in July, 2007.
Both volumes, along with the boxed set, are currently set for an American release on September 21, 2007.
Relationship to The History of Middle-earth
When Christopher Tolkien began publishing The History of Middle-earth, a twelve-volume series documenting J. R. R. Tolkien’s creative writing process in the creation of Middle-earth, with texts dating from the 1920s to the 1970s, he made a conscious decision not to issue a volume detailing the creation of The Hobbit. According to him, The Hobbit was not originally a part of the Middle-earth universe and was attached to his father's earlier, far darker legendarium only superficially, although the existence of The Hobbit forever altered the legendarium. The tone of The Hobbit is much lighter and more appropriate to a children’s tale than that of J. R. R. Tolkien’s other writings.
As Christopher Tolkien was not going to embark on a published study of The Hobbit, the task was given to Taum Santoski in the 1980s. Santoski had connections to the Marquette collection of Tolkien material, which is where the original manuscripts reside. He died in 1991, and ultimately the task passed to John Rateliff. Although Christopher Tolkien did not work directly on The History of The Hobbit, the work will be in a very similar vein to the "literary archaeology" of his History of Middle-earth.[4]
Rateliff submitted a finished draft of the book to Christopher Tolkien, who, approving of the work, gave The History of The Hobbit his personal blessing to be published in association with his father’s other works.
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Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Die Geskiedenis van die Hobbit |
| Albanian | Historia e Hobbit |
| Amharic | ሆቢት ያለው ታሪክ |
| Arabic | التاريخ من الهوبيت |
| Armenian | Պատմություն Հոբիթ |
| Azerbaijani | Hobbit tarixi |
| Basque | Hobbita Historia |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Гісторыя Хобіт |
| Bengali | হবিট ইতিহাস |
| Bosnian | Povijest hobita |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Историята на Хобитът |
| Catalan | La Història del Hòbbit |
| Cebuano | Ang Kasaysayan sa Ang Hobbit |
| Chinese | 霍比特人的歷史 |
| Croatian | Povijest Hobita |
| Czech | Historie hobit |
| Danish | Historien om Hobbit |
| Dutch | De Geschiedenis van de Hobbit |
| Esperanto | La Historio de La Hobito |
| Estonian | Kääbik ajalugu |
| Fijian | Na Itukutuku makawa ni na Hobbit |
| Filipino | Ang Kasaysayan ng mga Hobbit |
| Finnish | Hobitti historia |
| French | L'histoire du Hobbit |
| Frisian | De Skiednis fan De Hobbi |
| Galician | A Historia de O Hobbit |
| Georgian | ჰობიტის ისტორია |
| German | Die Geschichte von Der Hobbit |
| Greek | Η Ιστορία του Χόμπιτ |
| Gujarati | લિખિત ઇતિહાસ લિખિત ? |
| Haitian Creole | Istwa a la nan A Hobbit |
| Hausa | Da Tarihin na Hobbit |
| Hawaiian | Ka Moʻolelo o ka Hobbit |
| Hebrew | ההיסטוריה של ההוביט |
| Hindi | द हॉबबिट का इतिहास |
| Hmong | Keeb kwm ntawm lub Hobbit |
| Hungarian | A Hobbit története |
| Icelandic | Saga Hobbitinn |
| Indonesian | Sejarah Hobbit |
| Irish Gaelic | An Stair Na An Hobbit |
| Italian | La Storia de Lo Hobbit |
| Japanese | ホビットの歴史 |
| Kannada | ದಿ ಹಿಸ್ಟರಿ ಆಫ್ ದಿ ಹೊಬ್ಬಿಟ್ |
| Kazakh | Хоббиттер тарихы (Cyrillic) Xobbïtter tarïxı (Latin) |
| Korean | 호 빗의 역사 |
| Kurdish | Di Dîrokê de ji Hobbîto (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Hоббит тарыхы |
| Laotian | ປະຫວັດສາດຂອງການຮອບບິດ |
| Latin | Historia Hobbitus Ille |
| Latvian | Hobbit vēsture |
| Lithuanian | Hobitai istorija |
| Luxembourgish | D'Geschicht vun Der Hobbit |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Историја на Хобитот |
| Maori | Te Aamu o Te Hobbit |
| Malagasy | Ny Tantaran' Ny Hobbit |
| Malay | Sejarah Hobbit |
| Malayalam | ചരിത്രം ദ ഹോബിറ്റ് |
| Maltese | L-Istorja tal-Hobbit |
| Marathi | होब्बित इतिहास |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Hоббит түүх |
| Nepalese | यो होब्बित को इतिहास |
| Norwegian | Historien om Hobbiten |
| Pashto | د تاریخ د حوببیت |
| Persian | تاریخ هابیت |
| Polish | Historia Hobbita |
| Portuguese | A História de O Hobbit |
| Punjabi | ਹੋਬਿਟ ਦਾ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ |
| Romanian | Istoria Hobbitului |
| Russian | История „Хоббита |
| Samoan | Le Talafaasolopito o le Hobbit |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eachdraidh nan An Hàbad |
| Serbian | Историја је Хобит (Cyrillic) Istorija je Hobit (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ද හොබිට්: ඉතිහාසය |
| Slovak | História Hobit |
| Slovenian | Zgodovina Hobit |
| Somalian | Taariikhda ah Hobbit |
| Spanish | La Historia de 'El Hobbit' |
| Sudanese | Sajarah tina Nu Hobbit |
| Swahili | Historia ya Hobbit |
| Swedish | Historien om The Hobbit |
| Tahitian | Te Aamu o te Hobbit |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Таърихи Дар Ҳоббит |
| Tamil | ஹாபிட் வரலாறு |
| Telugu | చరిత్ర హాబిట్లో |
| Thai | ประวัติของฮอบบิท |
| Turkish | Hobbit tarihçesi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Історія Хоббіта |
| Uzbek | Ҳоббит тарихи (Cyrillic) Hobbit tarixi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Lịch sử của người Hobbit |
| Welsh | Hanes y Hobbit |
| Yiddish | די געשיכטע פון די האָבביט |
| Yoruba | Awọn Itan ti awọn Obiti |
| Yucatec Maya | Le k'ajláayo' 'El Hobbit. |