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We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable… — J.R.R. Tolkien

Novel · Fantasy

We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them.

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit · 1937
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Topic
Adventure
Genre
Fantasy
Medium
Novel
Time
1937
Person
Bilbo BagginsJ.R.R. Tolkien
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Citation
Tolkiein, J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. George Allen & Unwin, 1937, ch. 1.

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