Eleventy-one Years: Too Short a Time

by Dreamflower

For one-hundred-and-eleven years, Bilbo Baggins dwelt in Bag End, in Hobbiton of the Shire, save for a brief journey into the Wide World. This is his story. Book One: The First Fifty Years.NOW COMPLETE!

PG · Complete · Updated 28 May 2014

Chapters

  1. 0. Prologue (168 words)
  2. 1. Coming into the World (1,994 words)
  3. 2. Encounter, part one (3,214 words)
  4. 3. Encounter, part two (3,683 words)
  5. 4. Turning Three (2,662 words)
  6. 5. Lessons (3,832 words)
  7. 6. Consequences (1,881 words)
  8. 7. Task Accomplished (2,127 words)
  9. 8. Twenty-one (2,470 words)
  10. 9. There Came an Early Snow (2,372 words)
  11. 10. When Winter First Begins to Bite (1,871 words)
  12. 11. When Pools Are Black and Trees Are Bare (2,168 words)
  13. 12. The World Was Grey (2,032 words)
  14. 13. Over Snow by Winter Sown (2,586 words)
  15. 14. Tidings: An Interlude (1,170 words)
  16. 15. A Gleam of Good Hope (2,472 words)
  17. 16. Beware the Wolf in Darkness Born, part 1 (2,800 words)
  18. 17. Beware the Wolf in Darkness Born, part 2 (2,932 words)
  19. 18. The Wood Was Burning Fast, and the Snow Still Fell (2,222 words)
  20. 19. When Winter Comes Without a Spring (2,071 words)
  21. 20. Deep Roots Are Not Reached By the Frost (1,862 words)
  22. 21. You Are Cordially Invited (2,136 words)
  23. 22. Afternoon at the Great Smials (2,724 words)
  24. 23. On the Giving of Wedding Gifts (1,421 words)
  25. 24. One Eye on the Mirror as You Watched Yourself Go By (1,782 words)
  26. 25. Two Days Before the Wedding (2,234 words)
  27. 26. Highday Before the Wedding (1,852 words)
  28. 27. The Wedding (3,032 words)
  29. 28. Cousins and Calamities (2,210 words)
  30. 29. Fireworks and Forgetfulness (1,947 words)
  31. 30. Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn (1,900 words)
  32. 31. A Ramble Under the Stars (2,243 words)
  33. 32. Harvest Time (1,256 words)
  34. 33. Rory (2,993 words)
  35. 34. Coming of Age (part 1) (3,088 words)
  36. 35. Coming of Age (Part 2) (2,291 words)
  37. 36. Hopes and Dreams (2,552 words)
  38. 37. Standing Witness for the Groom (2,389 words)
  39. 38. Farewell to Bungo (2,539 words)
  40. 39. Family Matters (2,260 words)
  41. 40. Educating Otho (2,965 words)
  42. 41. A Day in the Life (2,040 words)
  43. 42. A Mother's Work is Finally Done (2,085 words)
  44. 43. Lobelia (part 1) (2,266 words)
  45. 44. Lobelia (part 2) (2,382 words)
  46. 45. The Green Door (1,900 words)

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