How do you define “considerable”? Remember, Hobbits were considered to “come of age” on their 33rd birthday. Admittedly Bilbo’s 111th birthday was remarkable, but the evidence is that they’re longer-lived on average than humans would be expected to be in a similar culture in our world… probably closer to our modern life expectancies. 50 is certainly middle-aged, but that isn’t “old” for us and wouldn’t be for them.
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