Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition)

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The beloved stories as you’ve never experienced them. Get ready to be transported to the world of Harry Potter in a captivating production that features hundreds of unique voices and immersive sound design that brings the wizarding world vividly to life in Dolby Atmos. You’ll hear footsteps echoing through the corridors of Hogwarts and the heart-racing whoosh of the Golden Snitch as it darts past your ears in the heat of a Quidditch match. Also featuring an electrifying new musical score, The Full-Cast Audio Editions present J.K. Rowling’s iconic series as a truly spellbinding listening event for the whole family.'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run—and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...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.Starring Frankie Treadaway as Harry Potter, Max Lester as Ron Weasley, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, Iwan Rheon as Remus Lupin, David Holmes as Stan Shunpike, Cush Jumbo as Narrator, and a full cast.Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

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J.K. Rowling (Author), Hugh Laurie (Narrator), Matthew Macfadyen (Narrator), Riz Ahmed (Narrator), Michelle Gomez (Narrator), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Narrator), Simon Pegg (Narrator), Cush Jumbo (Narrator), Iwan Rheon (Narrator), Frankie Treadaway (Narrator), Max Lester (Narrator), Arabella Stanton (Narrator), Mark Addy (Narrator), Matt Berry (Narrator), David Holmes (Narrator), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Narrator), Pottermore Publishing and Audible Studios (Publisher) & 14 more

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J.K. Rowling (Author), Hugh Laurie (Narrator), Matthew Macfadyen (Narrator), Riz Ahmed (Narrator), Michelle Gomez (Narrator), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Narrator), Simon Pegg (Narrator), Cush Jumbo (Narrator), Iwan Rheon (Narrator), Frankie Treadaway (Narrator), Max Lester (Narrator), Arabella Stanton (Narrator), Mark Addy (Narrator), Matt Berry (Narrator), David Holmes (Narrator), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Narrator), Pottermore Publishing and Audible Studios (Publisher) & 14 more

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Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the original group of Harry Potter novels, thus it is set in the student's third year at Hogwarts. The book introduces several new characters, including the new defense against the dark arts professor, Professor Lupin, the titular prisoner of Azkaban (which is the wizard prison), Sirius Black, who is out to find Harry, and the Dementors, the guards at Azkaban who are trying to track down Black but also have a huge effect on Harry any time they come near him.This book is significantly longer than the first two, and as such, it has more content cut out for the movie adaptation than the first two books did. For example, the book has two additional Qiddich matches that were not shown in the movie, and there was more to the Buckbeak storyline than was shown in the movie. Also, some events played out differently in the book than they did in the movie, such as when Hermione decks Draco, Harry facing the Boggart for the first time, the circumstances of Harry getting his new broom, and the climax of the book when all is revealed has a lot more detail than was shown in the movie. And, some characters that were introduced in this book did not show up on film until the Goblet of Fire movie.Overall, the book is very well written, and done in a similar (yet a bit darker) tone than the first two. As most know, Rowling anticipated that kids reading the books would age as they were released so she made them darker and more "adult-like" as each book was released. So, there is a lot more talk of death in this one and we learn more details of the night that Harry's parents died than in the first two books. While it is technically a book for kids, in the 10-13-year-old range, adults can easily enjoy it. Even people like me who were older than the target reader group when the books were originally published. I had seen almost all the movies before I ever read the books for the first time and I think I enjoy the books more having already seen the movies. Even though the book is longer than the first two (435 pages), it is still a fairly quick read, depending, of course, how fast you read and how much time you have to read. If you are a fan of the movies or the first two books, it is definitely a must-read.