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It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowling s debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. K rowlings harry potter and the philosophers stone in pictorial card covers with illustrations on the front, back and spine by thomas taylor, published by bloomsbury publishing ltd, london in 2001. As part of the harry potter at home initiative to help children, parents, caretakers and teachers confined at home, audible is making the audiobook of harry potter and the philosopher s stone free as part of our recently launched audible stories collection children everywhere can stream the first harry potter audiobook instantly for free in english, spanish, french, italian, german and. Then, on harry s eleventh birthday, a great beetleeyed giant of a man called rubeus hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news. Harry potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncles house his whole life. Stephen fry is returning to the world of harry potter to read a chapter from the philosopher s stone for a jk rowling project.
It got a bit easier today, albeit for just the first book. Then harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. Harry potter and the philosopher s stone is an amazing book about three friends harry, ron and hermione who travel to hogwarts school for witches and wizardry in a train station that you cant even see. Harry potter and the philosophers stone simple english. July 1, 1997, bloomsbury books first american printing. Rowlings popular childrens novels about harry potter, the liveaction family adventure film harry potter and the philosophers stone tells the story of. Took me a while, but heres harry potter and the philosophers. Stream the first harry potter audiobook free on audible. New, repackaged audio editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multiawardwinning series, read by stephen fry containing 7 cds with a total running time of 8 hours and 25 minutes. Stephen john fry is an english comic, author, actor, humourist, poet, reporter, filmmaker, tv personality and technophile. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 2001 directed by.
But on his 11th birthday, he learns hes a powerful wizard with a place waiting for him at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. This is the first book about harry potter, so the author begins by setting the scene and introducing the reader. Listen harry potter and the philosophers stone audiobook. Stephen fry harry potter and the philosopher s stone audiobook free full audio book. Stephen fry narrated audio books at simply audiobooks. Just when it seems that there cannot possibly be another twist to the harry potter tale, stephen fry dons his haughtiest and naughtiest tones to bring harry potter and the philosopher s stone to vibrant life on audio. Harry potter and the philosopher s stone is the first book in the harry potter series, written by j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 audible audiobook unabridged j. The first part of the worldpopular harry potter audiobook is philosopher s stone also known as sorcerers stone. H arry potter and the philosophers stone is in one of the greatest series of books of all time. The first harry potter audiobook voiced by stephen fry is.
In the first book, harry is introduced to his neverknown magical powers and that he is a wizard and in this result must go to hogwarts witchraft and wizardry school. The actor and comedian, 62, narrated the audio books for the series about the boy wizard between 1999 and 2007. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are. Aug 11, 2016 new, repackaged audio editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multiawardwinning series, read by stephen fry containing 7 cds with a total running time of 8 hours and 25 minutes. Harry potter harry potter and the philosophers stone by j. All the conduct and dialogue by the actors in the movie are done so that they appear to be natural and real actions that you would expect to see in a real life situation. In the united states the book and movie are called harry potter and the sorcerer s stone. Harry potter and the philosophers stone film wikipedia. New uk harry potter and the philosophers stone book youtube. Instead of 7 discs number 1 7, i received two number 4 discs and no number 5. The second is the lord of the rings, also an adaptation of a muchloved book, albeit a longer established and more literary work, that is due for release not long after the adventures of the apprentice wizard begin. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. Colorado parents objected at douglas county schools.
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Jul 31, 2015 all three of these actors are all realistic type of actors for the movie harry potter and the philosophers stone. Much more essential, ron verifies himself to be such a buddy to harry that he agrees to compromise his playing item as well as obtain knocked unconscious in the process to make sure that harry can take place to find the stone. Harry potter and the philosophers stone cd travel bag j. I mainly enjoyed it because of the mystery and detective work that the characters. All the conduct and dialogue by the actors in the movie are done so that they. Fry has now reread the keeper of the keys, the fourth. Audible has the first harry potter audiobook as read by. I got this book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, after my old copy got lost during a move. I just couldnt not have this book in my book collection. Harry potter and the philosophers stone cd travel bag. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 7 audio cd set. Sep 12, 2015 i just received this hard cover philosophers stone book with the new harry potter font on the cover. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 2001 ending spoiler.
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