The Hobbit

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The Hobbit

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Andy Serkis

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About this listen

This brand-new unabridged audio book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day, to whisk him away on a journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon…

The prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE HOBBIT has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.

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Dragons & Mythical Creatures

Fantasy

Fiction

Magic

Mythology

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Critic reviews

"The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own. Its place is with Alice and The Wind in the Willows." (Times Literary Supplement)

"One of the best loved characters in English fiction...a marvellous fantasy adventure." (Daily Mail)

"Finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls...an exciting epic of travel, magical adventure, working up to a devastating climax." (The Observer)

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Have listened to both versions, Mr Serkis does a good interpretation with probably more voice acting for the different characters than Rob Inglis (who’s version I liked) but I agree with others that the audio mastering wasn’t great with this version - found myself having to turn the volume up and down to keep it at the same level which shouldn’t really be the case. Will get the lotr books if they make a new version but hopefully they will sort out the audio.

Pretty good