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The Hobbit
by: J.R.R. Tolkien

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007106776
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
ISBN: 0007106777
Label: HarperCollins Audio
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: November 06, 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Release Date: January 01, 2007
Studio: HarperCollins Audio
Sales Rank: 91241

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
This beautifully presented collector's box of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is a must for fans of this timeless classic and anyone looking to learn more about the story that started it all.

Included in this box is a nicely bound hardback edition of The Hobbit and a collection of eight colour postcards featuring some of Tolkien's own artwork. Tolkien himself makes yet another guest appearance on an exclusive CD which features a recording of Tolkien reading an extract from Bilbo's first encounter with the terrifying Gollum. Lastly, there is a beautifully painted foldout map of Wilderland by John Howe with text by Brian Sibley.

Those who are fans of The Hobbit will feel justified in splashing out again for this lovely collector's item, which offers plenty of value and makes for an affordable treat or gift for a fellow Tolkien lover. --Jon Weir

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Bad reading of a brilliant book
Brilliant book, dreadfully abridged, shamefully read.
I felt there was no need to abridge this brilliant book, but then the reading just adds insult to injury.
There are other unabridged versions available and substantially better well read...sorry, but don't touch it!
NOTE: One star is the lowest rate on this item...zero would have been a better choice!

Rating:

- the hobbit by rob inglis
AFTER listening to the entire harry potter series narrated by jim dale on cd/ipod, i could not wait to hear the hobbit, by jim inglis!!! i was horribly disappointed by this narrator's rendition! his voice is annoying, and i can't stand when he makes up tunes for the songs in the book. and when he does, i can barely understand a word he's saying. it makes me wish i had the book in front of me. i find myself fast forwarding through the "songs" which of course, makes me miss some important dialog.
i don't get it. does the author tell the narrators what tune to use? or do they make it up as they go along? after all, if i'm reading the book, its not like a tune will pop up in the book when its song time. so why can't the narrator just stick ... Read More:

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- Martin Shaw
J.R.R. Tolkien really write well, and Martin Shaw reads amzingly. His readings are just as good as in the Silmarillion, and that was an achievement in itself, but this is a good buy because its about the only rendition of the Hobbit that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. His readings truly bring you into another world. And his voice truly belongs in Tolkien's world, as some of the other reviews say, he truly brings you into another world, and you enjoy every minute of it.

Although this is abridged, it is better than Rob Inglis' version.

Rating:

- The well-read Hobbit
Our teacher read The Hobbit to us over the course of a few of weeks when we were about seven. It's one of the few stories that stuck in my imagination from those early school days - four decades ago. Our teacher was good at reading stories. She could mesmerise us. I wouldn't expect Martin Shaw to be anywhere near as competent as that teacher. I would have been satisfied if he'd been half as good. Well, he was much better than I was expecting. He was good! The right reading style for this book is really a matter of taste and opinion. Martin Shaw's reading hit the spot for me. He conjured up different characters with different voices - all realistic and none exaggerated. I closed my eyes and I was there, with Bilbo and the dwarves.
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- Martin Shaw Narration of The Hobbit (Abridged)
This audio version of The Hobbit tells the first tale of Bilbo's adventures with his trusted Dwarf companions and of course Gandalf. It tells the tale of their journey to gain wealth and treasure and all of the dangers they experience along the way. It more importantly tells how Bilbo comes across "The Ring" and its affects on him. From this the follow up story of The Lord of the Rings was eventually told (The three part unabridged versions are available on both tape and CD format, read by Rob Inglis)

This audio book is very well abridged, although there is an unabridged version narrated by Rob Inglis for those of you who would prefer the complete version, rather than this 6 hour shortened version.

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