The Last Stage is the nineteenth and final chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Synopsis[]
Bilbo and Gandalf arrive at Rivendell for rest before continuing on. Soon they come to the Trollshaws, and find the treasure they had found in the Troll cave that they had buried long ago. Before long, Gandalf and Bilbo arrive in the Shire and Bilbo returns to Bag End in Hobbiton. He finds an auction going on, but soon Bilbo returns to his quiet life and takes to writing poetry and occasionally visiting Elves. He begins writing his memories. A few years later, Bilbo is visited by Gandalf and Balin, and hears of news from Dale and the Lonely Mountain.
Plot[]
Bilbo and Gandalf arrive Rivendell. There, Gandalf and Elrond exchange tales of great deeds, past and present, while Bilbo recovers from his weariness and wounds through rest and the magic of the elves. Bilbo learns the reason Gandalf left the Company near Mirkwood: he was fighting alongside the council of white wizards to drive the Necromancer out the south. Finally, Bilbo and Gandalf travel the last, long stretch of road back to the Shire. Approaching his home, Bilbo receives a nasty surprise: he has been presumed dead, and the contents of his hill are being auctioned off.
Though he puts a stop to the auction and recovers most of his valuables, Bilbo is never again really accepted by the other hobbits. They view his adventuring with skepticism, and his return with gold and tales of dragons and war only confirms the hobbits’ suspicion that Bilbo is crazy.
A few years later, he is visited by Gandalf and Balin, who tell him that Bard is the new Master of Lake-town, as the old Master stole much of the gold and fled, but eventually died in the south. Dale has been rebuilt and is prospering alongside the Lonely Mountain. The meeting affirms Bilbo's belief that he does not care what the other hobbits think of him, as he is content with his life and all the comforts of his home at Bag End.
Appearances[]
| Characters | Species and creatures | Locations | Factions, groups and titles |
| Events | Objects and artifacts | Miscellanea |
Songs and Verses[]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Laaste Stadium |
| Albanian | Faza e fundit |
| Amharic | የመጨረሻው ደረጃ |
| Arabic | المرحلة الاخيره |
| Armenian | Վերջին փուլը |
| Assamese | শেষৰ পৰ্যায় |
| Azerbaijani | Son Mərhələ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Апошні этап |
| Bengali | শেষ পর্যায়ে |
| Bosnian | U posljednjoj fazi |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Последният етап |
| Burmese | အဆိုပါနောက်ဆုံးအဆင့် |
| Cambodian | ដំណាក់កាលចុងក្រោយ |
| Catalan | L'última etapa |
| Chinese | 最后阶段 |
| Croatian | Posljednja faza |
| Czech | Poslední etapa |
| Danish | Sidste etape |
| Dutch | De Laatste etappe |
| Esperanto | La lasta etapo |
| Estonian | Viimase etapi |
| Filipino | Ang Huling Yugto |
| Finnish | Viimeiset vaiheet |
| French | La Dernière étape |
| Frisian | De Lêste Etappe (Western) |
| Georgian | ბოლო ეტაპი |
| German | Die letzte Etappe |
| Greek | Το Τελευταίο Στάδιο |
| Gujarati | ધ લાસ્ટ સ્ટેજ |
| Hausa | Mataki na karshe |
| Hawaiian | Ka Hopena hope |
| Hebrew | השלב האחרון |
| Hindi | को अंतिम चरण |
| Hmong | Qhov kawg theem |
| Hungarian | Az utolsó szakasz |
| Icelandic | Síðasta stigið |
| Indonesian | Tahap terakhir |
| Irish Gaelic | An Céim Dheireanach |
| Italian | L'ultima tappa |
| Japanese | 最後のステージ |
| Javanese | Tahap pungkasan |
| Kannada | ಕೊನೆಯ ಹಂತ |
| Kazakh | Соңғы кезең (Cyrillic) Soñğı kezeñ (Latin) |
| Korean | 마지막 단계 |
| Kurdish | دوا قۆناغ (Sorani) Qonaxa dawîn (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Акыркы этап |
| Laotian | ຂັ້ນຕອນສຸດທ້າຍ |
| Latin | Gradus Vltimus |
| Latvian | Pēdējais posms |
| Lithuanian | Paskutiniame etape |
| Luxembourgish | Déi lescht Stuf |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Последна фаза |
| Maithili | अंतिम चरण |
| Malayalam | അവസാന ഘട്ടം |
| Maori | Ko te Mahi Whakamutunga |
| Marathi | अंतिम टप्पा |
| Maltese | L-aħħar stadju |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Эцсийн шат |
| Nepalese | अन्तिम चरण |
| Norwegian | Det siste veistykket |
| Pashto | وروستی پړاو |
| Persian | آخرین مرحله |
| Polish | Ostatni akt |
| Punjabi | ਆਖਰੀ ਪੜਾਅ |
| Romanian | Ultima etapă |
| Russian | Последняя глава |
| Samoan | Le Sini Mulimuli |
| Sanskrit | अन्तिम चरण |
| Scottish Gaelic | An Ìre mu dheireadh |
| Serbian | Последња фаза (Cyrillic) Poslednja faza (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Karolo ea ho qetela |
| Sindhi | آخري مرحلو |
| Sinhalese | අවසාන අදියර |
| Slovak | Posledný úsek |
| Slovenian | Zadnja stopnja |
| Somalian | Marxaladda Ugu dambaysa |
| Spanish | La última jornada |
| Sundanese | Nu Panggung Tukang |
| Swahili | Hatua ya mwisho |
| Swedish | Det Sista Steget |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Марҳилаи охир |
| Tamil | கடைசிக் கட்டத்தை |
| Tatar | Соңгы этап |
| Telugu | ది లాస్ట్ స్టేజ్ |
| Thai | ขั้นตอนสุดท้าย |
| Turkish | Son aşama |
| Turkmen | Soňky tapgyr |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Кінцева зупинка |
| Urdu | کا آخری مرحلہ |
| Uyghur | ئاخىرقى باسقۇچ |
| Uzbek | Охирги босқич (Cyrillic) Oxirgi bosqich (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Giai đoạn cuối |
| Welsh | Y Cyfnod Diwethaf |
| Yiddish | די לעצטע בינע |