The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Feb 2009 · Highbridge Audio

About this audiobook

The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. Bilbo Baggins, a gentle hobbit who loves the comforts of home, reluctantly joins a company of dwarves on a journey to recover plundered gold from a fierce dragon. It's a tale of high adventure and astonishing courage-and a magical prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Ratings and reviews

I had this version of The Hobbit on a set of four cassette tapes when I was in elementary school. We used to listen to it every time we went to Colorado in my dad's Jeep CJ-7, which was 2-4 times per year back then. I've been looking for it for decades! I've read the books so I know this isn't an unabridged version, but I still hold it up as one of the best "Books on Tape" I ever heard. Most audiobooks have one voice actor, or the author, reading the text. This has sound effects, music, and each character is voices by a different actor. It's like old time radio dramas on a much larger scale. If you have to do a report on The Hobbit, you might want to choose another version. If you're looking for a captivating listen with premium production values on your next road trip, you can't do much better than this!

beautiful description, i'm able to imagine everything that is goin on in my head, and that is what i want from the books i read/listen to

I thought it was a reading of the book. should be specified this is not the original work.

About the author

J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition.