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The Hobbit
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Publisher's Summary
This brand-new unabridged audiobook of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit will be coming to listeners everywhere this September, 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 13 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 20th century.
Critic Reviews
"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)
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-09-2020
A masterpiece!
A brilliant narration of this well-loved tale by Andy Serkis. Definitely worth listening to multiple times. The best chapter, of course, is Riddles in the Dark. Gollum narrated by Mr Serkis is the only version I will ever love.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-09-2020
Incredible performance
Probably the best performance I’ve ever listened to on Audible. Andy Serkis brings new charisma to familiar characters, with hints borrowed from the beloved Peter Jackson films. I’m so glad that one of my favourite books of all time has received such treatment. Highly, highly recommend.
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- Michela
- 20-10-2020
Really excellent!
Andy Serkis, if you're ever strapped for cash or looking for a big project, we'd all love to hear you read the trilogy. This was wonderful.
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- Shea
- 19-09-2020
Excellent performance of a wonderful story
If you have not yet read The Hobbit, then you cannot go wrong with this version. Truly a memorable story whether it's the first time you're listening, or the tenth.
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- Judith Cresswell
- 02-10-2020
wonderful production
A new reading star has appeared. Andy Serkis brought The Hobbit to life amazingly well.
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- Louise Hobson
- 27-09-2020
Great story and fantastic narrator
This is a well known story but comes to life with the incredible narration by Andy Serkis. Suitable for upper primary children snd all adults . Worth listening to again and again
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-2020
A must for all Middle Earth fans
Loved the narration . Listening to Andy Serkis reading the Hobbit is a real treat. A must for all fans of the movie.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-2021
Andy Serkis is amazing
Andy Serkis just brings this story well and truly to life. More by Andy Serkis would be appreciated, Audible!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-04-2021
Absolute Classic
Wonderfully read By Andy Serkis. Love it. This will be a repeat read for sure!
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- Adrian Kinslor`
- 06-04-2021
As Amazing As The Reviews Say
You know when people build something up too much, raise your expectations too high, and it never quite reaches those lofty. Despite everything written about how truly excellent this new narration of The Hobbit is, it was still better than I hoped. I know the story well; I read it many times in my youth and a couple of times as an adult. Andy Serkis' reading of The Hobbit brings the story to life in ways that I had not expected. His subtle emphasis on a phrase here, a sentence there, revealed aspects of the story I had not noticed before. His character voices and many and distinguishable. My nine-year-old was enthralled - except perhaps when Serkis dropped into the voice of Gollum/Sméagol from the movie, which did scare her. 😱😁 The best audiobook on Audible.
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- Brage
- 07-09-2020
I want Serkis to record Lord Of The Rings also
This recording of the hobbit is league’s ahead of any other recordings of the Hobbit or lord of the rings. I would by the lord of the rings read by Andy Serkis eaven if I had to pay for each individual part of the six parts the books are divided into.
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- LE7
- 15-09-2020
OMG best narration ever!
I know the story inside out. I know how it should sound. this is it.
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- Nerine Dorman
- 18-11-2020
Serkis does Tolkien's legacy justice
My first encounter with JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit came when I was around six years old, and my mum picked up a paperback copy from which she read parts of to me. I do admit I was probably a little too young to appreciate this, back then, but I did go on to reading the book on my own when I was about 11 or 12. Which is also when I plunged headlong into The Lord of the Rings and knew from that moment that I wanted to be a fantasy writer.
I'm always somewhat baffled when people complain that The Hobbit is boring, but hey, there's no accounting for people's taste. But what I will say to those of you who didn't quite gel with the reading, do give the audiobook narrated by Andy Serkis a try. It's my firm belief that some fiction only truly comes alive as the spoken word, and in this case, The Hobbit is a prime example.
Tolkien is a master of the third person omniscient, so often interrupts the main flow to give a little of his own opinion – and sometimes the references to things from his own time, like football, can be a bit jarring. This is especially the case considering that the conventions of present day fiction favour a limited first- or third-person point of view. So I'm guessing the 'narrator voice' of the author might be off-putting to some readers (though I do believe that they don't quite know how to articulate this, judging by the reviews out there – worth a laugh and an eye-roll if you're trawling to see the one-star reviews for The Hobbit.)
But Andy Serkis as a narrator of this book surpasses himself. His minute details in characterisation, for everyone from Bilbo and Gandalf, to Smaug, and of course the Gollum we all know and love, are an absolute delight. This is the unabridged version of the book, so we're looking at plus minus 10 hours of entertainment, and I'm beginning to wonder if Peter Jackson shouldn't have just stuck to the plot instead of his mangling of the film adaption of the book. Because yes, there is enough content for three movies here, if you look hard enough.
This is most certainly one of my audiobook highlights of the year, and I cannot recommend it enough. Serkis is an absolute treasure and he has without a doubt done justice to JRR Tolkien's legacy with his reading.
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- Håkon Seljåsen
- 20-10-2020
More of this!
Please make Andy Serkis natrate LOTR and the Silmarillion as well! He is brilliant! Pleeease!!!!
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- Judy Lee
- 17-04-2021
Amazing storytelling by Andy Serkis!
It was such a delight to listen to this reading with my children! Often we were in awe of how amazing the reader was! One of the best audio book readings I’ve heard!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-2021
Marvellous Middle-Earth tale
Deeply enjoyed the way Andy Serkis narrated; then again he WAS there himself. Gollum!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-03-2021
Flawless!
One of the best books I've ever read. Andy Serkis is an amazing narrator; he was very energetic, and his singing was great. Highly recommend. 😃👏
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- Antonio
- 12-02-2021
My God, the performance.
I too, like many other reviewers, know this text intimately. And what a pleasure it was to experience it in this form with the expert performance of Andy Serkis. All the dialogue and songs, not no mention his cadence of speech and elocution are simply perfect. Christopher Lee was amazing in Children of Hurin but this one, I have to say, is on another level. I am in awe. A beautiful gift to all the fans. Rejoice.
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- David
- 10-02-2021
Perfect performance
I wish I had the energy to back to all my previous book review and downgrade all the five stars for performance. This is a five star performance. A perfect performance.
The book, of course, is great. The most childish of Tolkien's books, but still a great read/listen for an adult.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-2021
Fantastic!
Amazing performance by Andy Serkis. Unbelievable range of sounds and accents threaded together by a surprisingly deep and charming main voice
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- Nidge
- 03-09-2020
Baggins of fun
This is without a shadow of a doubt the best reading of the unabridged Audiobook of The Hobbit, Andy Serkis does an excellent job bringing this book to life. The Riddles In The Dark is specially well done, as you would expect from Andy, the subtle weaving from Smeagol to Gollum is brilliant. I will always have a soft spot for the Rob Inglis reading of both The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings because it was his recordings that first brought me to Miidle Earth many years ago but am aware that it needed freshening up and I'm glad that they have done this justice. Well done to all involed........now..........The Lord Of The Rings please Andy, you've got to carry on now :)
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- chris reeves
- 04-09-2020
Very good
Andy Serkis was great. Hope we get the lord of the rings from him too
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- Juliet G
- 16-09-2020
brilliant reading. please do LOTR!
I truly hope Andy Serkis narrates the lord of the rings trilogy after this because I absolutely adored his reading. just fab and way way better than any of the other narrators I've heard doing the Hobbit.
great story and brilliantly put together
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- Mr. J. Derrick
- 04-09-2020
AMAZING!
Andy Serkis is simply incredible. Brings the story upto date and inline with the modern era and the films. Rob Inglis’ readings are good but not as captivating as Serkis’. Please please please RE DO LORD OF THE RINGS!
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- Secret Santa
- 04-09-2020
A favourite, given a new lease of life by a master
I have always loved the hobbit. It captured me as a child and that captivation with Tolkien’s world has followed me into adulthood. I loved Andy Serkis as Gollum in the films (and everything else I have ever seen him in) and when he did the Hobbitathon for charity I was over the moon and spent the whole day watching him give his rendition. It was magic. The clamour for him to do an official audiobook reading that could be purchased was massive and I was among the many people interested in such an audiobook.
When I found out that it was actually going to be released, excited is not the word. I was over the moon. Serkis has not disappointed. He is an engaging orator and consistent in his character voices. He is not attempting to mimic others who have played the parts, he is making them his own (with the obvious exception of Sméagol/Gollum who is already his own and much beloved rendition so familiar from the movies). His pace matches the section of the book he is in and what is happening in the story.
Having heard the Rob Inglis version of this (I have the hobbit and the lord of the rings by him) I know which I prefer. Inglis is fine, there are not many things about his reading style to get on the nerves (though his singing of the songs is sometimes a little unclear and irksome) but I definitely prefer Serkis’ rendition. He has brought a freshness to this old favourite story that makes it more vibrant in the mind.
I would be overjoyed if Serkis would do the Lord of the Rings too. I had high hopes for this audiobook and Serkis has not disappointed. His rendition of Riddles in the Dark had my face splitting into a wide grin all the way through, and all my favourite points have been all I could hope them to be.
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- T. Barrett
- 04-09-2020
Wonderful
I initially debated between this version and the Rob Inglis one, however the lure of Andy Serkis' performing Riddles in the Dark made me choose this one. Initially I was concerned about the pace and intonation of some of the reading, however this soon subsided. Most of the character voices were superb and well differentiated (albeit Beorn sounds a touch drunk) and I was so engrossed, I found myself completing it on day of purchase. One of my favourite books, very well brought to life and it won't be long before I listen again.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-01-2021
EXTRAORDINARY!!!!!!
I am begging for a lord of the rings reading by Andy Serkis!!! He is an amazing narrator!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-2020
Mostly excellent
Wonderful performance by Andy Serkis, who has clearly been inspired by his co-stars from the movie in terms of the dwarves’ dialects. The significant variations in volume (sometimes within a single sentence) made it somewhat hard to listen to. Headphones required.
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- Apocolex 93
- 04-09-2020
Transported me there and back again in a new way
Having read this book and heard many different versions of it this hands down is the best version I have ever heard. Andy Serkis uses his acting skills his knowledge of the story and characters to deliver an authentic heartfelt brilliant reading I absolutely loved it and will listen to it again.
thank you so much!
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- Kendra Evans
- 27-01-2021
Andy serkis gives an excellent performance
but the volume varies hugely, wouldn't recommend listening on headphones! Still a very good book.
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