The Hobbit
- Author J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrator Andy Serkis
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 3 September 2020
- Run Time 10 hours and 24 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Adventure fiction, Classic fiction, Fairy and Folk tales, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from, Myths and Legends, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Speculative fiction.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
‘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
n‘One of the best loved characters in English fiction… a marvellous fantasy adventure’ Daily Mail
n‘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
nUser Reviews
Still brings me great pleasure over many years and rereads.
i put it down for almost a YEAR after maybe three chapters, but when i picked it up again i finished the other 16 in under two weeks, even with only listening for less than an hour a day on average.
andy serkis does an impeccable with the voices and reading (reading along at the same time and his emphasis on lines that i had skimmed over made them read much easier and more natural that what i had imagined)
i don't doubt that without his narration i wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much.
as someone who had never read the books or seen the films, this enabled me to hear the characters, and also the pronunciation of names that i otherwise would have struggled with.
What can I say?! (Andy Serkins) does a splendid job. Flawless movement between the many, many deferent character narration, making it so enjoyable. Giving new life to the jigs and songs, which was extremely lively and thus so much enjoyable. The dramatisation makes this age old tale come alive in the mind and stays there a long time after the last word has been uttered.
I’m not sure if it’s the story however, I would gather that, Andy doing the narration with Tolkien’s work was even better than (Stephen Fry) doing Harry Potter… and that in itself was fabulous. However this was better. Who would’ve thought?!?! Only my humble opinion of course, lol.
You will enjoy this one… it was simply marvellous.
Tahdah 💕💕💕💕
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