Where can I report typos in The Hobbit?
23 Mar
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2023/3/23 4:37:31 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I found a typo in the hobbit, which seems to exist in multiple editions. Its in the first edition hobbit, all the way up to the 75th edition.
Where can I report this typo so that it gets fixed?
Its in Chapter 16 "A thief in the night"; The sentence ends with an exclamation mark, then a space, followed by another exclamation mark. - "Now I will make you an offer! !"
-1st edition: page 277
-1966 revised edition: page 283
-75th anniversary edition: page 248
Its never been corrected as far as I can tell in any edition of the hobbit. And I'm kind of worried that its going to be in the new HC editions (including the deluxe)
Where can I report this typo so that it gets fixed?
Its in Chapter 16 "A thief in the night"; The sentence ends with an exclamation mark, then a space, followed by another exclamation mark. - "Now I will make you an offer! !"
-1st edition: page 277
-1966 revised edition: page 283
-75th anniversary edition: page 248
Its never been corrected as far as I can tell in any edition of the hobbit. And I'm kind of worried that its going to be in the new HC editions (including the deluxe)
You can try emailing HarperCollins with the information, they will forward your email to the right team within the company.
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out of curiosity I checked the Longmans versions, it was corrected there but it also says 'will' rather than 'shall' as do my 2nd & 3rds which do have double '!'
I guess Mnt_Dewdskie made a typo, it appears to be "will" in all editions.
History of the Hobbit says it's "Now I will make you an offer – " in one draft.
The editions on archive https://archive.org/search?query=%22co ... e+you+an+offer%22&sin=TXT suggest most editions used "! !", Ballantine used "!!", some Unwin/Guild editions used "!".
History of the Hobbit says it's "Now I will make you an offer – " in one draft.
The editions on archive https://archive.org/search?query=%22co ... e+you+an+offer%22&sin=TXT suggest most editions used "! !", Ballantine used "!!", some Unwin/Guild editions used "!".
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