Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers

Harry Potter 1

By: J.K. Rowling

Narrated by: Bernard Giraudeau

Orphelin, Harry Potter est élevé par un oncle et une tante qui ne l'aiment pas. Le jour de ses 11 ans, son existence bascule : un géant l'emmène à Poudlard, l'école de sorcellerie ! Voilà son incroyable destin : être sorcier. Jeter des sorts, utiliser des pouvoirs, ensorceler les trolls... À la maison Gryffondor, il rencontre Ron et Hermione, s'initie au Quidditch, un sport pratiqué sur un balai. La vie est excitante, mais Voldemort, Celui-Dont-On-Ne-Doit-Pas-Prononcer-Le-Nom, refait surface.

Initiation ou plaisir renouvelé, plongez dans le 1er tome du célèbre chef d'œuvre de J.K. Rowling ! Guidé par une voix envoutante, revivez le début de la série Harry Potter avec ce livre audio à télécharger.©1997 J.K. Rowling (P)2000 Éditions Gallimard Jeunesse

The narrator’s effusive style is distracting.

I imagine that if I were a french-speaking teenager, I’d find the narration exciting to listen to. Monsieur Giraudeau does distinctive voices for each character, and reads with much drama. But as a learner, I found this distracting.

Great story. Excellent narrator. Fabulous learning tool.

As an American intermediate Speaker of French, I found this book to be a delight and an excellent learning tool. I have it in French on Kindle and the combination is magic (pun intended!). The kindle offers instant dictionary access for unfamiliar words, the audio provides practice in listening and comprehension (the hardest part for me), the ability to stop and repeat offers the opportunity to practice pronunciation, and the plot keeps you engaged and motivated. This and the right reference books have allowed for very efficient progress in my French listening and speaking skills.

Wonderful story, wonderful narrator, organic language acquisition. Most enjoyable and effective learning experience I’ve had in years.

Excellent

English speaker here. I love to hear the French. Some questions.
1) Why is "Hogwarts" called "Poudlard" instead of keeping its proper name?
2) The angry voices jump in volume so much that *I* jump to turn the volume down. Was the difference in volume done on purpose, for emphasis, or a mistake in levelling, or, something else?
I give only 3 Stars for Performance because of these moments. Also because some lines are over-acted or melodramatic, especially when the characters are angry.

Bad narrating

I bought this book to work on my listening in French, but the narrator was so annoying with his awful voice acting that it made it much more difficult than it should have been. The women’s voices were the worst. I doubt I will get another book narrated by this person.

Évidemment l’histoire est passionnante.

La narration de Bernard Giraudeau est atroce. Quand il fait la voix de Ron, on ne comprend presque rien, et son Dumbledore est un radoteur sénile.