The Hobbit

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Extensively discussed in the bonus content section as a fantasy classic, with analysis of its themes related to WWI and British mentality in the 1920s-30s.

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Referenced when discussing the Lord of the Rings series installments. Mentioned as separate from the main trilogy, with Speaker 1 noting they could 'go back in time and hit the Hobbit later.'

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Discussed extensively as the source of the dragon Smaug, noting Tolkien began writing it in the early 1920s and how it draws on Norse and Old English traditions

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The hosts read the opening passage and discuss this 1937 book as a children's story about Bilbo Baggins going on a quest with dwarves

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Mentioned as one of Tolkien's major works, the main subject of the podcast episode discussing its author

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Referenced alongside The Wind in the Willows as another example of the idealized rural England being created and consumed by urban people during the same period as Metroland's development.