Question about Harry Potter audio

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> I'd like to buy the audio CDs for all four Harry Potter books, but 
I'm not sure which ones to get.  The U.S. versions have Jim Dale 
performing, or there's the UK Stephen Fry.  Is it worth the money to 
order the British versions?  I'm assuming Stephen Fry has a British 
accent, but what about Jim Dale?  I simply can't hear the books read 
aloud without a British accent.  I've never heard him, so I haven't a 
clue, hoping someone out there can help me out.
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> Thanks!
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> Richelle
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Richelle,

Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on your POV) I have not 
heard the Stephen Fry version, but we do own all four of the books on 
CD, read by Jim Dale.  I have to say, I think he did a wonderful job, 
and yes, he is british, and speaks with a british accent.  But he 
reads the US/SS version  which, in my son's case, he loved, because 
he listened to the CD as he read along in print. 

I think he does a great job of interpreting the different characters 
through their "voices"; a rather smarty-pants, girly Hermione, and an 
Unbelievable Hagrid!!  So good, that I was actually somewhat 
disappointed in Movie!Hagrid.

I must say that I am curious to hear the "British" version, and 
perhaps as the winter gets closer, I'll get my own body to the 
library and check their inventory.  But I highly recomend Jim Dale.

Good luck in your choice and do let us know the outcome!!


Anna . . .
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