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this is a classic. i remember reading it as a child and loving it, then picking it up fifteen or twenty years later, reading it again, and still loving it. in my personal opinion, it's the best of the whole series.

One of the greatest adventure stories written for children. A must read introduction to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The hobbit includes roaring adventure, and unforgettable characters showing bravery, sacrifice, and courage in an alternate world that seems ever so familiar to the author's own landscape. This is "high reading" that will expand the reader's vocabulary by the author's rich descriptions, characterizations, and terms of his day. 21 C students should strive to rise above the dumbed down literature of the day and be enriched by the effort. Between the action, the adventure, the amusing songs that are sung by characters throughout the story and delightful and unexpected plot twists -- The Hobbit will continue to be known throughout the literary ages as a masterpiece.

Excellent listen, excellent narrator