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		Thorrez 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015) I'm assuming you're not saying Tolkien based his description of Bilbo on that Leonov. Are you saying the illustrator based the illustrations on Leonov? Does Leonov actually say that? Or just that the description and illustrations are similar to him?

demaga 3 months ago [–]

In the video, Leonov says Belomlinskij (artist who made illustrations for this edition) himself gifted him this book and explained that he based Bilbo looks on Leonov.

Thorrez 3 months ago | [–]

Thanks. Youtube's auto caption + translate wasn't super understandable for me.

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