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The Hobbit

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Rob Inglis
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The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.

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 13 dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected 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 beloved and influential books of the 20th century.

©1954, 1966 The Tolkien Estate Limited (P)1991 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Sing Inglis! Sing!

I loved the wonderful music and the way Inglis speaks its like I am reading a exiting history book!
10/10!

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Classic

The story remains a classic. The narrative made it more fun to listen to than just reading it. The songs where performed good, not just as reading a poem.
The story does suffer a little bit because of the well know movies and its a little bit to easy to remember the movie when listening to the same events in the book.

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Love Tolkien as always

loved it, already listened twice and will do so again one day! I also thoroughly enjoy Roy Dotrice

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Great

Where does The Hobbit, Part 1 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This was only my second audiobook, and it is pretty good!

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked the way Bombur was characterized

Have you listened to any of Rob Inglis’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I was on a solo road trip, so I did listen to it one sitting, with stops for safety's sake.

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the dragon and the dwarfs and the hobbit

I didn't like it at first but in the end I did I started to like it more and more

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love it. good story. good reader.

eg syns at dette var en meget bra bok. den var bra fortalt. Og hjalp godt under en bil tur eller vasking og jobb. 😊

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A really entertaining story

The Hobbit is a really enetertaining story which I have been meening to read for several years but finally got around to listen to. Rob Inglis did a good job narrating this story (and a good job singing in it). I would have loved to listen to the full story in one go, but didn't have the time to do it. I absolutely recomend you to listen to this audiobook.

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Unique classic and immersive

Tolkien's uniqueness together with a very immersive and enjoyable narration.
This was my first audiobook and I am looking forward to hear more amazing content like this.

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This book should be Pensum on all schools.

I mean that, it is a wonderful work and a classic book that will thatch children the wonder of fantasi and imagination. The Narrater is good, I love that he givs the characters voices so that when the different dworf talk and you don't get to know who was who before the end of the situation.
It is a bit hard to understand way Kili and Fili sound so strange but they are the only one that got a voice that are a bit over the top.

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Very fun read and narrative was very captivating

Such a fun and interesting tale by Tolkien. The narrator is great, especially with the songs and enactments of the various creatures living in the land of Middle Earth

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