该系列包括三个“编年史”，前两个是三部曲，最后一个是四部曲(最后一部将于2013年出版)。

The series consists of three 'Chronicles', the first two are trilogies and the last is a tetralogy (the final book will be published in 2013).

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虽然，这些批评言之有理，但《霍比特人》三部曲仍然是一部颇受欢迎的“编年史”，记录了一个人战胜贪婪与权利的诱惑，灵魂得到升华的过程。

Despite well-grounded criticism, the Hobbit trilogy serves as a welcome chronicle of one man's spiritual development and fight against the temptations of greed and power.

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