The Hobbitdoesn't do that - the history of the ring gets told in Fellowship of the Ring.
There's no mention of Bilbo's ring being the One Ring in The Hobbit. Because, at that point, Tolkien wasn't planning on writing more about Middle Earth.
(There's no mention of Bilbo's ring being the One Ring in The Hobbit. Because, at that point, Tolkien wasn't planning on writing more about Middle Earth.
Ijon Tichy,
Thu 22 Jan 2004, 11:09,
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