The Hobbit is a short introductory novella in The Lord of the Rings novel series. This science fiction and fantasy book is written by J. R. R. Tolkien. He was a renowned English poet, writer, academic, and philologist. The Fellowship of the Ring is a must-listen novel in audio which the author wrote with a lot of passion and perfection.
The audio narration of this novel is done by Rob Inglis. The listeners found this performance to be enjoyable and immersive. It is a kind of narration that will make you listen on and on. The clarity with accent and tonal quality was the most important traits of this narration.
The story is of Bilbo Baggins who is a hobbit. He was known for enjoying an unambitious and comfortable life. He hardly traveled anywhere further than the pantry in Bag End. But, all of his satisfaction with life got shattered when Gandalf, a wizard arrived at his doorstep along with 13 dwarves. They took him away on a completely surprising journey. There was a scheme about raiding on the treasure hoard which belonged to a very dangerous and huge dragon named, Smaug the Magnificent.
The Hobbit is a beautiful prelude to the main The Lord of the Rings novel series. Millions of copies of The Hobbit have been sold since it got published for the first time in 1937. It established itself as one of the finest and a highly impactful books from the 20th century. It is a very entertaining story and might have the potential of becoming your all-time favorite novel. The audio version of this novel gave new life to this great story which you will cherish for a long time.
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