Though content to enjoy his cozy life, cheerful hobbit Mr. Bilbo Baggins agrees to help his wizard friend Gandalf aid a group of dwarves seeking their lost treasure. As their various adventures ensue, Inglis treats listeners to a tour-de-force performance rich in colorful characterizations and several engaging singing performances. Listeners experience a vocal performance that is in turn charming, gripping, a little scary, and always engaging.
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As with most of what RB does, they picked the perfect narrator. British stage actor Rob Inglis does an excellent job of bringing the many characters to life, in this case Bilbo and Thorin and Company, not to mention the many characters they meet o their quest to recover the Dwarves' treasure. And unlike most narrators, Mr. Inglis actually sings the many songs sprinkled throughout the story and, while he doesn't always choose what I would consider the right tune for all the given songs, he does have a good tenor.
His regular narration style is also extremely pleasant on the ears, and his pronunciation of the names of characters and places is also excellent. Needless to say I was extremely disappointed when Audible removed these recordings from their site some years back and extremely delighted a few days ago when I discovered they'd made them available once again. I used this month's two credits to buy The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring and plan to use next month's two to buy the remainder of the story.
If you're a fan of the Lord of the Rings and were disappointed or at least not completely satisfied by the other adaptations out there, you may just be in for a pleasant surprise if you give these unabridged productions a listen.
It's much more convenient having them available in digital format since you won't have to worry about tapes or discs wearing out, which they inevitably do eventually. I just need to get myself a bigger IPod. I read this book the first time many years ago. I was hooked instantly, and went on to read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
I have loved these books ever since. It was great this time 'round to have it read to me by a fabulous narrator.
As I have read other reviews, I was struck by how many people were lucky enough to have a parent read this to them as children, or to read it along with a parent.
I did not have that experience and am envious of it. So having Mr. Inglis read it to me is second best. That is not to say his reading is anything but amazing! I want to believe he made the melodies up himself.
All in all, I was charmed again by this book, by the characters, the journey, the deep meaning, and the flow of Tolkein's writing. I rarely reread fiction, but this one is, and will be in the future, and exception to my rule. I read this as a child and wanted to revisit it now as an adult and I'm so glad I did. I had forgotten a lot of the details and the depth of the story.
It was nice to listen to it this time because it gave it a different perspective. What a classic what a treasure. There are a rare handful of children's books and fantasy novels that definitely deserve to be experienced in different ways books, movies, audio and at different times youth, middle age, etc.
I remember my first exposure to this wonderful piece of high fantasy as a child. I loved the world Tolkien created and the way he was able to balance fantasy, poetry, humor and drama. I read it again during the whole 'Lord of the Rings' LOTR movie period, and now I've just listened to it on Audible with my own kids in anticipation of taking them to the movie. While these works by Tolkien are obviously related, they are very, very different. Tolkien's approach, tone, style and intended audience was a different.
As an adult, I now view 'the Hobbit' more as a Bildungsroman rather than a traditional quest novel. Listening and reading this with my kids, I found myself once more transported not just to middle-earth, but back to my own youth and innocence.
I am so glad that this is finally available on Audible! The book is one of my favorites, great all ages. Full of elves, dwarfs, dragons, wizards, goblins, giant spiders Absolutely fun and engrossing. I love the narrator as well. He brings the characters to life and his voice is very pleasant to listen to. Anyone can, and should, enjoy this book. It was written for everyone! As another reviewer said, this is a book and series that defined the genre of fantasy.
I can't wait to listen to all of them. Certainly worth more, but it means that people who haven't read these amazing books are more likely to take the leap and find themselves enchanted. I plan on fully enjoying the next 65 hours and 17 minutes of my listening. The Hobbit is an all time favorite. Great narrating too Dear God, I've never heard such tone-deaf, tuneless singing. Tolkien's songs have such beautiful lyrics, and can be read as poetry.
I wish the narrator would have taken that approach. What can I say? The story's almost incomparable, so let me switch to commending Rob Inglis' performance. I tend to shy away from dramatizations, but Inglis' delivery is mostly narration. He does just enough variation in delivery to make the characters distinctive without resorting to silly vocal tics.
It's masterfully done and a great example of how a good narrator can enhance a book just as easily as a poor one can ruin it. Not too keen on Inglis' narration, and when he sings songs from the text I have to cringe Rob Inglis's narration is clear and crisp with characters finely enunciated--from the individual dwarfs to Bilbo, from Gandalf to the spiders and the dragon!
This reading is better than any dramatization although there are some good ones because it combines the best of narration with the value of the unabridged text. Inglis also sings the poetry--haunting and stirring melodies performed beautifully.
In a way, Inglis paints the text vocally in the manner that Alan Lee painted the text visually. The Hobbit By: J. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Adding to library failed. Please try again. Follow podcast failed. Unfollow podcast failed. Stream or download thousands of included titles. Narrated by: Rob Inglis. No default payment method selected. Add payment method.
Switch payment method. We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method. Pay using card ending in. Story highlights There are some differences between "The Hobbit" book and the new film Much of the film's story is actually from the appendices to "The Lord of the Rings" The first movie installment of "The Hobbit" is almost three hours long.
When people complain about the nearly three-hour length of the first installment of "The Hobbit" film trilogy because the source book is a slim pages, they're forgetting that much of the story isn't from "The Hobbit" itself -- but expanded from the appendices to "The Lord of the Rings. That extra material is what justifies the longer time on screen, and answers such questions as where does Gandalf go when he disappears?
Why is the wizard helping the dwarves on their quest in the first place? What's so bad about dragons? And so, to put a stop to all those moments when you'd otherwise wonder, "But that wasn't in the book! In the book "The Hobbit," a company of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield seek help from Bilbo Baggins because they need a "burglar. Or rather, steal it back, since Smaug stole it from them in the first place.
In the film, the quest becomes a bit more noble, since the dwarves now phrase it as stealing back their homeland, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. Even though this only existed in "The Hobbit" as a story Thorin told Bilbo to explain their quest, in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" film we get to see what a thriving dwarf town looks like and how they lost it, even if Smaug himself is barely glimpsed yet -- a tail here, a wing there, an open eye that looks eerily like the Lidless Eye of Sauron.
Prince William meets cast of 'The Hobbit' Stars reveal Tolkien power wish list Tolkien wrote the novel he had not yet conceived of Sauron and the One Ring which only came 17 years later in "The Lord of The Rings," so the connection between the Necromancer and Sauron was not made clear.
Now that we know they're one and the same, the filmmakers are able to connect the dots for us, by bringing in glimpses of the Ringwraiths or the graves of the nine men who are the Ringwraiths and their Morgul blades.
And while Gandalf knew that the Necromancer was a great threat, knowing Sauron is no longer sleeping is an even greater one.
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