The main character is named Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit from The Shire, who is also in The Lord of the Rings books. There are the dwarves that go with him on his adventure. The leader is Gandalf the Wizard, but he later leaves the group and leaves Thorin, the most important dwarf, in charge. Then there is Balin, who is also mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, and is said to like Bilbo the most. Beorn, a "skin changer," who can take shape of a bear, also plays an important part in helping Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves.
Gerontius Took, called the "Old Took" was a hobbit, the 26th Thain of the Shire, an ancestor to several of the main hobbit characters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
The Hobbit belongs in the fantasy genre. The characters, the location and the story are all made up and it includes magic.
Bilbo Baggins and Gollum first appeared in the hobbit.
Three-dimensional, I would say. His character develops throughout The Hobbit, too, it might be added.
Gollum and Smaug are introduced in The Hobbit; Frodo is introduced in The Lord of the Rings.
No female characters are even mentioned by name in The Hobbit.
The Hobbit is an adventure fantasy. There is no romance in The Hobbit and almost no mention of females at all.
The Hobbit, or Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
There is more than one aswer. 'The Hobbit', 'The Silmarillion', and 'The Lord of the Rings' are three. There are other works that mention them - 'Unfinished Tales' is one - but these are the main ones.
JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit starts with that line.
The characters Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Gandalf, Gollum, and Smaug appear in "The Hobbit," a fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The story follows Bilbo Baggins as he embarks on an adventurous journey with a group of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield to reclaim their homeland from the dragon Smaug.