Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist and titular character of The Hobbit and a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. In Tolkien's narrative conceit, in which all the writings of Middle-earth are translations from the fictitious volume of The Red Book of Westmarch, Bilbo is the author of The Hobbit and translator of The Silmarillion. The Hobbit relates how Bilbo Baggins,...
They rock slightly in the back of the wagon, Bilbo rests his head on Frodo's ...
Gandalf knocks on Bilbo's door. Bilbo hollers back from within.
While sitting at Bilbo's table, Gandalf tells Bilbo that Frodo knows that Bil...
Bilbo sits at his kitchen table. He has a distant look in his eye has he speaks.
Bilbo compliments some of the guests at his birthday party.
Bilbo's remark, as he stands before his guests, causes them to raise their ey...
Galadriel tells a tell of centuries passing. From the creation of the Ring t...
Bilbo packs his thing in preparation to leave the Shire.
Bilbo is having trouble leaving the Ring in the Shire as he packs to leave.
Bilbo agrees with Gandalf to leave the Ring. He grabs his pack and his walkin...
Frodo quotes one of Bilbo's sayings for Sam, who is reluctant to go any furth...
Bilbo drops the Ring on the floor, walks through the door of his home, then s...
Gandalf and Bilbo sit ,blowing rings and ships, smoking their pipes. Bilbo co...
Sam enters and reads what Frodo's been sitting at the desk writing.
Bilbo gives Frodo a few items to aide him in his journey to Mordor. As they p...
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