Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit in Rare Archival Audio from His First Encounter with a Tape Recorder – BrainPickings | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
In this rare archival recording from that serendipitous summer evening, sixty-year-old Tolkien reads from The Hobbit, doing a magnificent impression of Gollum in the ancient accent he so loved — please enjoy: