There are quite a few houses around the world inspired by hobbit-holes — Hobbiton Movie Set/Facebook
Regarded as one of the best opening sentences in literature, the first line in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel, The Hobbit, immediately transports readers into a magical realm.
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,” so the line goes, later expanded with “...it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
