Jim dale narrated audio books at simply audiobooks. Enjoy the complete harry potter series performed by the grammy awardwinning jim dale. Fry hadnt read harry potter and the sorcerers stone or harry potter. The crimes of grindelwald makers, mysteries and magic. Audible has the first harry potter audiobook as read by stephen fry. Unabridged 7 audio cd set harry potter and the order of the phoenix book 5 unabridged 24 audio cd set childrens edition. A s of today, the full series of harry potter novels are now available to download from audible, the audiobook service, for the first time. In the british film world he became one of the regulars in the carry on series. I do love the way stephen fry reads the harry potter serious. Rowling, as digital audio books straight to your devices and listen today. Harry potter and the goblet of fire stephen fry audiobook j.
Stephen fry harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Yes, to my knowledge, stephen fry voiced the original harry potter audiobooks. I also love my ipod touch, and i was wondering if on itunes, i could download them. When my nephew broke one of the cds in his audio book of prisoner of azkaban, i took the opportunity to buy him a new one in exchange for him letting me listen to of all of his harry potter audiobooks, repeatedly. I also have book 1 by stephen fry in cassette tape rip cassette tapes. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is in a class of its own. Rowling, performed by jim dale twelve cassettes 20hrs. Weve long listened to stories in the car and there are many very good stories out there but stephen fry reading jk rowling is the best of the bunch. Harry potter and the halfblood prince, book 6, age 1011.
Comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of secrets. The first harry potter audiobook voiced by stephen fry is now free to. I love audio books especially if there is an outstanding narrator. The scenes at hogwarts with the ghosts, professors, and picture individuals always kill me in dales variation, while i assume frys subtlety could work against him. Stephen john fry is an english comic, author, actor, humourist, poet, reporter, filmmaker, tv personality and technophile. Im the girl who animated a clip from the harry potter audio books for fun. I dont particularly like the jim dale audiobooks and i prefer stephen fry, but i live in the united states. Many fans would argue that the harry potter series is one of the best in childrens book history, without much to criticize.
Harry potter and the goblet of fire, book 4 audible audio. Harry potter and the chamber of keys, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and harry potter and the goblet of fire. I recently purchased a jim dale version of the prisoner of azkaban just out of interest and couldnt believe how awful it. The series chronicles the adventures of a young wizard, harry potter, the titular character, and his friends ronald weasley and hermione granger, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of. Rowling harry potter and the goblet of fire jim dale, book 4 audiobook. Audiobook harry potter and the sorcerers stone jim dale. The three simple words stephen fry couldnt say while. Like amazon harry potter the complete audio collection. This complete unabridged audiobook collection contains the following. When it comes to harry potter audiobooks, the most.
Jim dale both have narrated all seven harry potter books, like harry potter and the goblet of fire and order of the phoenix, both are beloved british actors, and both have been trolled by angry youtube commenters. I have books 16 read by jim dale, and book 7 by stephen fry. Today, peter damien and rachel smalter hall weigh in to declare an ultimate winner in the book riot battle of the harry potter audiobooks narrators. The battle of the harry potter audiobooks narrators. I listened to some samples from jim dale and stephen fry beforehand so i could decide which one i liked the best. Hagrids voice sounds sooo much like robbie coltrane, though.
Which reader does a better job on the harry potter. Sorcerers stone book 1 chamber of secrets book 2 prisoner of azkaban book 3 goblet of fire book 4. Rowling harry potter and the order of the phoenix jim dale, book 5. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban harry potter and the goblet. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix audiobook stephen fry harry potter the book 5 j. Jim dale s voice seems that hes over exaggerating the voices and way too over the top. I love harry potter, and i own all of the books, but ive been finding myself using the audiobooks more than the physical books. Harry potter fans are getting a new book to devour. With new jackets by jonny duddle to bring harry potter to.
Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. Harry potter and the goblet of fire, book 4 audible audio edition. Harry potter audiobook ch06 the journey from platform nine and three quarters. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone jim dale audiobook. This is a gift for a harry potter fanatic who has already read the books, but they wanted to experience them a different way. When my nephew broke one of the cds in his audio book of prisoner of.
Whats wonderful about the harry potter stories is the believability of the world harry and company inhabit, imagined by j. Rowling has responded to rumours suggesting she and stephen fry have an ongoing petty feud. Comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of. Digital audio books pottermore shop tagged english.
I started stephen fry s audiobooks around 2 months ago, and so far i really like it, maybe except for hermiones voice, that ones just too high and slightly annoying. Ive never listened to them myself but ive heard other people say that he made a. I guess it is more because he is the one i listen to first also. Stephen fry harry potter and the chamber of secrets audiobook. A new harry potter audiobook is coming mental floss. I listened hp deathly hallows through audiobook read by jim daleusversion and with stephen fry ukversion. He is likewise renowned for his duties in blackadder as well as wilde, and as the host of qi. Harry potter and the philosophers stone listening books. When it comes to harry potter audiobooks, the most epic rivalry is stephen fry vs. Ive never listened to the harry potter audiobooks because i never knew which one to choose. Harry potter has never even heard of hogwarts when the letters start dropping on. Read by jim dale harry potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by british author j. I used every opportunity to listen to this harry potter book. Where does harry potter and the chamber of secrets, book 2 rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 audible audiobook unabridged j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 audio. Stephen fry is a british star who has narrated the uk versions of the harry potter audiobooks as well as three instalments of the harry potter computer game. There are two main harry potter audiobooks narrators, stephen fry who narrates books sold in uk and jim dale who narrates books sold in the usa. Although i really like jim dale with the book around the world in 80 days. I have already listened to jim dales version of all the books.
The battle of the harry potter audiobooks narrators rachel smalter hall. Rowling book 4 harry potter jim dale audiobook free. His voice does take some getting used to, but he is just as good a narrator as jim dale is once you get used to him. Jim dale vs stephen fry final scene between harry potter and voldemort in deathly. The book boasts exclusive interviews with past harry potter narrators jim dale and stephen fry. Jim dale makes these books so enjoyable and even though i have read this book about three time, it was a pleasure to listen to it. I attribute jim dales additional personalities for ultimately converting me to the globe of harry potter.
In the united kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the national theatre. How do i download stephen frys harry potter audiobooks. Book 3 audiobook harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban stephen. Harry petter audio books free harry potter audiobooks.
Stephen fry voiced the original harry potter audiobooks. Stephen fry narrates the harry potter audiobooks sold in the uk, and jim dale narrates the version sold in the usa, and the internets are. Stephen fry narrates the harry potter audiobooks sold in the uk, and jim dale narrates the version sold in the usa, and the internets are extremely divided over who does it better. Writing on twitter, a harry potter fan claimed that fry. I have both and swap between them regularly cause i listen to the audio books to go to sleep, and i prefer the jim dale versions, although the stephen fry set have. Rowling settles that stephen fry petty revenge tale once and for all. Book 2 harry potter and the chamber of secrets audiobook jim dale. Even i know the storyline i didnt get bored listen to the book again. There are big debates about whether stephen frys or jim dales rendition of the audiobooks are better, but as a brit who grew up listening to. Ive never listened to them myself but ive heard other people say that he made a good narrator. Dale has written more than a dozen other books and the bestselling greeting card line, the dales. What other book might you compare harry potter and the order of the phoenix, book 5 to, and why.
Stephen fry harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Harry potter harry potter and the order of the phoenix. How to get harry potter audiobooks with stephen frys. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets full audiobook. Download audiobooks narrated by jim dale to your device. Stephen fry does an amazing job and brings all the characters in the book alive.
Americans miffed at lack of stephen fry harry potter. Download your favourite harry potter stories, written by j. Throughout his early career, fry teamed with comic hugh laurie, who is now bestknown for. I know many swear to stephen fry, however i find him a bit boring compared to jim dale.
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