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He hosted over 180 episodes of qi, and narrated the audio versions of the harry potter novels. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, first published in england as harry potter and the philosophers stone, continues to win major awards in england. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Well, long no longer, my quarantined, because the first harry potter book, narrated by stephen fry, is now available for free on audible. Stephen fry is an awardwinning writer, comedian, actor, and director. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book 1 audiobook. If you havent heard of harry potter then you havent turned on your tv or radio or opened a newspaper in the last few months. Took me a while, but heres harry potter and the philosophers stone audio book read by stephen fry, as requested. The first harry potter audiobook voiced by stephen fry is now free to. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone introduction shmoop. Audio books book 1 harry potter and the sorcerers stone. The first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, it follows harry potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
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