Jim dale, mbe born james smith, 15 august 1935 is an english actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. Which reader does a better job on the harry potter. You can finally download all the harry potter audiobooks. A full meal of fried food, typically including eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, toast, and tomatoes. He is best known in the united kingdom for his many appearances in the carry on series of films and in the us for narrating the harry potter audiobook series, for which he received two grammy awards, and the abc series pushing daisies. Jim dales voice seems that hes over exaggerating the voices and way too over the top. Rowling is the author of the recordbreaking, multiawardwinning harry potter novels.
If you think thats a lot, imagine reading the entire book out loud and making up the voices of the 4 characters in it. Harry potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by british author j. I listen to potter every single day for the past few years. Mrs weasley does a fryup for harry when he turns up at the burrow by. In the morning after the battle of hogwarts, harry felt tired. How to start listening to sorcerers stone on audiobook. Dale has written more than a dozen other books and the bestselling greeting card line, the dales.
Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. 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. In this selection, i added some appealing videos about comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of secrets an interview with jim dale. Book 2 fred bewitched percy weaslys prefect badge to read what. Audible has the first harry potter audiobook as read by stephen fry. In this suit, i shared plenty of hot videos about ter. As you can see i have been updating a lot of stories lately as i have had a lot of spare time on my hands. I dont doubt it gets bettet after that but i didnt care enough to try.
Which house was she sorted into on her arrival at hogwarts. Review of the last audiobook in the harry potter series. Chip and dales rescue rangers fanfiction archive with over 276 stories. Book 1 from what sort of wood is the handle of a nimbus two thousand made of. I havent heard of anyone raised on fry who listened to dale after and was converted, but ive encountered many people accustomed to dale who much preferred frys reading after trying. I listened to fry first though, which i think is the main thing that determines which you prefer. My preference is really just based on how i imagine the characters sound, which fry has obviously shaped, the accent for bellatrix lestrange in dales version is worst, it really. Jim dale narrator of harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Stephen fry has a voice that makes me want to hear more audiobooks, that. Chip and dales rescue rangers fanfiction archive fanfiction. When harry james potter learns everything he has ever known was a lie, he will make sure that the one who kept it from him will pay the ultimate price.
James dale and ellen small are the husbandandwife team who wrote the two of us. Quiz questions from the first four harry potter books. How to get harry potter and the philosophers stone audiobook for. Rowling read by jim dale theres only one word that can describe jim dales work on harry potter and the deathly hallows magical. Stephen frys or jim dales rendition of the audiobooks are better, but as a. Some funny harry potter jokes for all you potterheads out there. Jim dale, narrator of the harry potter series we sat down with the beloved stage, screen, and audio performer to talk about how he created hundreds of character voices to bring harry potter to life for u. Comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter audiobook fry. Harry potter audiobooks now selling at insane rate of 345. The third book, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, was published in the uk in july 1999 and in the usa in september 1999. In the morning after the morning after, he was downright exhausted. Rowlingajim dalen audiobook paperback december 1, 1999 4. Enjoy the complete harry potter series performed by the grammy awardwinning jim dale.
Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Both have narrated all seven harry potter books, like harry potter and the goblet of fire and order of the phoenix. Fry has the human minutes down, but dale wins the magical and also funny minutes, which are exactly what i enjoy most around harry potter. Harry potter jokes potterheads netflix and chill wattpad. K rowling talks with stephen fry before releasing the last harry potter book. Rowling author, jim dale narrator, pottermore publishing publisher 4. 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. The dursleys were so mean that hideous that summer that all harry potter wanted was to get back to the hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry. Dale has raised the bar on audiobook interpretation so high its hard to imagine any narrator vaulting over it. In harry potter and the halfblood prince, the sixth and latest installment. Of course, you could read anything after reading the harry potter series. Rowling, author, jim dale, read by, read by jim dale. You could either read 1 similar books 2 complementary books 1 the lord of the rings would be a great place to start. Avalon chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction.
Harry potter audiobook set unabridged audiobook without. Any harry potter fan who hasnt sampled stephen fry. Jim dale, the tony winning musical comedy actor, has recently won a new, and younger, audience, as the narrator of the audio book versions of the popular harry potter stories. Rowling has a gift for keeping the emotions, fears, and triumphs of her characters on a human scale, even while the supernatural is popping out all over. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is now free to stream on. When it comes to harry potter audiobooks, the most epic rivalry is stephen fry vs. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard harry potter and his best friends ron weasley and hermione granger, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Buy harry potter and the chamber of secrets unabridged by j. Comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of. My opinions about stephen fry and jim dale s audio versions of the harry potter series.
The war may be over, but there are still battles to. As a narrator, he has won a grammy award 2000, five grammy nominations and seven audie awards. This month marks the 20th publication anniversary of harry potter and the sorcerers stone, which hit bookstores in the u. The first harry potter audiobook voiced by stephen fry is now free to. And families can debate and answer definitively whose version of the classic book is better. Hi this is my first quiz, so i hope you guys enjoy it v years 14. I listened to some samples from jim dale and stephen fry beforehand so i could decide which one i liked the best. The debate between which harry potter audiobook narrator is better uks stephen fry or uss jim dale has divided fans for some time. Aunt petunia offhandedly remarks that, since shes so busy with twelve dogs, its normally just a fryup of an evening for her, which means that her idea of a light supper is a huge, hearty fried breakfast. Hello all and welcome to another one of my new stories. I just finished the harry potter book series what should i.
I assume youre entirely right, which is exactly what wonderful arguments are constructed from, innit, 2 people definitely agreeing on things. Harry potter audiobooks now selling at insane rate of 345 an hour. This is a gift for a harry potter fanatic who has already read the books, but they wanted to experience them a different way. The battle of the harry potter audiobooks narrators. A goodreads acquaintance prefers stephen frys british audiobook, and found dale to be a bit over the top and i cant argue with that adjective. Ive listened to jim dale once and to stephen fry over a dozen times.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban harry potter. When i think about being a kid i think about devouring the tales of hogwarts, about going to the cinema to see the latest film dressed as wizards, about being so effected by the book as a young child that i was utterly terrified of some poor performers dressed up in death eater costumes during a school visit to. I listened hp deathly hallows through audiobook read by jim daleusversion and with stephen fry ukversion. In 1999 rowling became an international literary sensation when the first three installments of the harry potter series took over the top 3 slots in the new york times bestsellers list after achieving similar. Aunt marge sounded like her dentures didnt fit, and lupin is slow and deliberate. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, book 1 audible audiobook unabridged. An interview with jim dale narrator of the harry potter series. Harry potter jeopardy no teams 1 team 2 teams 3 teams 4 teams 5 teams 6 teams 7 teams 8 teams 9 teams 10 teams custom press f11 select menu option view. 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. My opinions about stephen fry and jim dale s audio versions of the harry potter. Praise for harry potter and the sorcerers stone september, 1998 a wonderful first novel. We speak with jim dale, whose voice is well known to those whove picked up the audio version of any harry potter book. Audiobooks narrated by jim dale sort by titles per page. Harry potter, as read by stephen fry pencilcraterbox.
I tried once the first few minutes of the jim dale version, couldnt handle it. Hagrids voice sounds sooo much like robbie coltrane, though. Theres even a video of a narration battle between fry and dale, and its pretty great. Jim dale is the voice of all the characters in the harry potter audiobook series. An interview with jim dale narrator of the harry potter. If youve ever tried to buy the harry potter audiobooks, you probably noticed.
Harry potter audiobook is now totally free to stream. I actually got some of the fry versions from the us audible but it sounds like you cant. In this list, i showed some delightful videos about comparing audiobooks of harry potter and the chamber of secrets an interview with jim dale. Americans miffed at lack of stephen fry harry potter audiobooks.
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