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.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008439415Weight: 220 gDimensions: 142 x 139 x 25 mm
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'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
J. R. R. Tolkien
A legendary fantasy writer best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction asThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings,The SilmarillionandThe Children of Hurin.
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