Hobbit | Index Of

Ultimately, the absence of an index in the 1937 edition is as meaningful as its presence in later editions. It marks The Hobbit as a gateway: a story that can be enjoyed without footnotes, but which rewards the reader who becomes an indexer of its hidden depths.

The Hobbit does not need an index – it teaches its readers how to build one in their own minds. And that is the most Tolkienesque index of all. index of hobbit