Index Of Hobbit Now

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.

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. index of hobbit