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Originally Posted by Bigtime
The Hobbit was written by Tolkien before he did The Lord of the Rings trilogy. So it is indeed a prequel in that sense, it was also much lighter in its tone than LOTR was.
The events in the Hobbit take place roughly 50 years before The Lord of the Rings (I could be off on that).
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The Hobbit takes place before LOTR, but didn't Tolkien write it after?