Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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4.5 • 8.9K Ratings
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
Jim Dale's Grammy Award-winning performance of J.K. Rowling's iconic stories is a listening adventure for the whole family.
Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'.
Close your eyes and enter the magical world of Harry Potter. In these editions, Jim Dale's characterful narration is so entertaining, fun, and theatrical you can almost hear the crackle of the fire in the Gryffindor common room.
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter stories never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new listeners.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you’re like us, you’ve read J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books so many times you can recite entire scenes verbatim. Luckily, there’s no need for that—British actor Jim Dale has done it for you. With his knack for dramatic storytelling, Dale was born to retell the first book of the wildly successful series. He gives distinct voices to Rowling’s colorful range of characters—mousey Neville Longbottom, ginormous Hagrid, a squawkily adolescent Ron Weasley—and makes this audiobook is a genuinely wonderful listen.
Customer Reviews
Some helpful ideas for improvement
Everything is good except for three things.
1. If I’m paying for a product then ads are unnecessary. If you’re under contract to say something then put it in the description, not part of the audio.
2. Instead of saying Track 1, 2 etc. have it be the actual chapter headings.
3. Have a table of contents so that we can immediately go to where we left off instead of having to ‘fast forward’.
Not worth the Brice plus ads
All the ads after the 35 bucks no thank you I’ll just watch the movie
Love the stories not the reader
I’ve read these books several times and watched the movies even more. This narrator doesn’t do the book justice. Be prepared for dropped r’s on Gryffindor and consonants dropped at the end of other words like he’s speaking French. And I agree with other reviewers in the he goes too fast in some places and too slow in others. Disappointed he’s the narrator on the other books, too.