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He was grading papers one day and came to a blank sheet of paper in the stack.
He scribbled on the blank sheet the first line of The Hobbit: "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.", then continued grading.
A few days later he began expanding that line, adding material from various Anglo-Saxon legends (he taught Anglo-Saxon).
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What is a hobbit house called?
A hobbit barrow is referred to as a 'smail.'
When was The Hobbit created?
The Individuated Hobbit was created in 1979-09.
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The Hobbit was published on September 21, 1937.
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