# The Hobbit
## Part I: An Unexpected Journey
- Introduction to Bilbo Baggins
- Bilbo's peaceful life in the Shire
- Gandalf's arrival and proposal
- The unexpected party of dwarves
- Setting Off
- The contract with Thorin Oakenshield
- Leaving the Shire
- First encounter with trolls
- Bert, Tom, and William
- Gandalf's clever intervention
- Rivendell and the Elves
- Meeting Elrond
- Discovering the swords: Sting and Glamdring
- Learning about the map and key
## Part II: Through the Wilderness
- The Misty Mountains
- Captured by goblins
- Gandalf's rescue
- Bilbo's encounter with Gollum
- The riddle game
- Finding the One Ring
- Escaping the Mountains
- Wargs and eagles
- Rescue by the Lord of the Eagles
- Beorn the shape-shifter
- Hospitality and aid
- Mirkwood Forest
- Crossing into the dark forest
- Encounters with spiders
- Capture by wood-elves
- Imprisonment and escape
- Barrels out of Bond
## Part III: The Lonely Mountain
- Lake-town and Bard
- Arrival at Esgaroth
- Prophecy and hope
- Bard's role as a descendant of Girion
- The Desolation of Smaug
- Entering the Lonely Mountain
- Bilbo's confrontation with Smaug
- The dragon's weakness
- Smaug's attack on Lake-town
- The Battle of Five Armies
- Gathering forces: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Goblins, and Wargs
- Death of Smaug by Bard
- Thorin's fall and redemption
- Bilbo's bravery and wisdom
- Peace restored
## Part IV: Return to the Shire
- Journey Home
- Bilbo's reflections
- Revisiting Rivendell
- Final farewell to the dwarves
- Life Back in the Shire
- Bilbo's changed perspective
- Writing his memoirs
- Legacy of the adventure