• The Two Towers

  • Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • By: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
  • Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (48,593 ratings)

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The Two Towers

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Rob Inglis
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Publisher's summary

The Two Towers is the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic saga, The Lord of the Rings.

The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed. Meanwhile, at Helm’s Deep and Isengard, the first great battles of the War of the Ring take shape.

In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolkien’s great work, all the inhabitants of a magical universe - hobbits, elves, and wizards - spring to life. Rob Inglis’ narration has been praised as a masterpiece of audio.

©1983 Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien, and Priscilla M.A.R.Tolkien (P)1990 Recorded Books

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Love it!

I have listened to these multiple times and absolutely love reading and production of this series of audiobooks.

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love the story so so narration

I love the story it is one of my all time favorites. the narrator does a great job with the voices and the story. however, I so not like his singing voice and his deep breath in between sentences are very prominent. the chapters are broken up a little weird in some places. but definitely worth buying and the best unabridged version.

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One of the greatest works of all time.

The Two Towers is probably one of the best fantasy books of all time if not the greatest. this is the first time I have ever listened to an unabridged version of this book and Inglis has such an amazing voice that it's hard to compare with any other reader. his command of pronunciation and character names found in all of tolkien's books is truely excellent.
these among other things truly gives this book a Golden Noodle from me :-)

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A Masterpiece Worth the Read

I read the entire series in high school and decided to listen to it again on Audible. The story is, of course, a masterpiece and well-worth listening to again. My only complaint is that this is an older recording. The narrator does a good job--no real complaints but this is such an iconic and popular story that I think it deserves being updated to include multiple narrators such as Audible has done with Ender's Game, Dracula, Dune, etc...

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Wonderful telling

The narration is fantastic, feeling like (though it certainly is) an old tale passed down through the ages.

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amazing read

Perfection!!! From beginning to end. Outstanding narration on top of the genius mind of HER!

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Great!

quite like the other books in the trilogy thos book has great narration, lots of detail. however its my favorite book in the trilogy and was fun to listen to

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Excellent Overall

The Two Towers is another excellent installment in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and the narration by Rob Inglis is dynamic and captivating as always.

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went to fast

this book went way too fast... I truly love J.R.R. Tolkien...such a master of storytelling

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The best of times the worst of times

Would you consider the audio edition of The Two Towers to be better than the print version?

This was the best book of the trilogy in my opinion, BUT there is several boring parts (treebeard). All in all though it was amazing

What other book might you compare The Two Towers to and why?

The other two

Which character – as performed by Rob Inglis – was your favorite?

Samwise

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Better then Peter Jackson's loosely following the book crap

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The best of the trilogy. So so good

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