The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Narrator: Andy Serkis

Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/21/2020

Synopsis

This brand-new unabridged audio book of J.R.R. Tolkiens beloved The Hobbit will be coming to listeners everywhere this September, 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. Listen to The Hobbit audiobook read by Andy Serkis on any computer, phone, or tablet.

About J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892.1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.

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Goodreads review by Will

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.Books exist in time and place and our experience of them is affected by the specific time and place in which we encounter them. Sometimes an uplifting or inspiring book can change the path of a life that has wandered onto a wrong course. Sometimes a b......more

Goodreads review by Matt

Some books are almost impossible to review. If a book is bad, how easily can we dwell on its flaws! But if the book is good, how do you give any recommendation that is equal the book? Unless you are an author of equal worth to the one whose work you review, what powers of prose and observation are y......more

Goodreads review by Miranda

If you've ever wondered which literary world would be the best to live in, wonder no longer, cause there's a BookTube Video to answer that!The Written Review:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.Bilbo Baggins, living comfortably in his hobbit-hole in Bag End, finds himself......more

Goodreads review by Federico

Gandalf Stormcrow. Bilbo Baggins is a Middle-Earth halfling merrily living his peaceful and uneventful days in the joyous lands of Hobbiton. As any well self-respected hobbit, Bilbo loves cooking his tasty meals, enjoy the blissful sun, and dutifully drink his midday tea; ever so good-natured and......more

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