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30 June 2017updated 12 Oct 2023 10:05am

The Harry Potter audiobooks have a magic of their own

Stephen Fry’s plummy rumble made even the most banal phrases resonate.

By Anoosh Chakelian

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“We’ll be in Abergavenny in a minute.”

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