The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien Free Audiobook

Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
Read by J.R.R. Tolkien
Format: MP3
Unabridged

This recording is based on one that J.R.R. Tolkien made while staying in George Sayer’s house in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, in August 1952. Rejected by countless publishers, Tolkien had almost given up hope of ever seeing his 14 years in print. This recording revived his spirits. He sent the manuscript to Rayner Unwin, a former pupil who had become a publisher, with the overwhelming result that even during his lifetime, Tolkien saw three million copies of THE LORD OF THE RINGS sold to his reading public.

The last piece on Side Two is an unpublished poem, originally intended for inclusion in Part One of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Book Two, Chapter VII, “The Mirror of Galadriel.”

As Merton Professor of English Language and Literature for more than a decade, John Ronald Reul Tolkien was recognized as an authority on Old and Middle English.