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‘The Hobbit’ was published before ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy — the warm-up before Middle-earth went epic.

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The Hobbit was published in 1937 and became successful enough that Tolkien was asked for a sequel. That sequel grew into The Lord of the Rings, released in three volumes from 1954–1955.

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