The Hobbit

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Rob Inglis

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure.

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 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 twentieth century.

(P)1991 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Sing Inglis! Sing!

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

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.

Love Tolkien as always

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

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?

No

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.

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