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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats - the hobbit was fond of visitors.[incipit]
I read this book already three times, and now for the fourth time I decided to listen to the audio version read by Andy Serkis.
I've raised my rating by one star after this latest reread, because it has particularly enthralled me: the characters are interesting (Bilbo in particular is someone you can identify with), Tolkien's style - which I savoured for the first time in original language - is both ironic and adventurous, and the story is fun and exciting! Even though I rembered most of it, I was still very happy to be drawn into it again!
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