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Northern Lights

His Dark Materials, Book 1

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Northern Lights

By: Philip Pullman
Narrated by: Philip Pullman, Full Cast
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About this listen

The classic recording of Northern Lights, read by Philip Pullman and a full cast of narrators.

'Without this child, we shall all die.'

Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon, Pantalaimon, always by her side.

But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle - a struggle born of stolen children, witch clans and armoured bears.

As she hurtles towards danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win, or to lose, the biggest battle imaginable.

The full cast of narrators includes: Philip Pullman, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Alison Dowling, Douglas Blackwell, Jill Shilling, Stephen Thorne, Sean Barrett, Garrick Hagon, John O'Connor and Susan Sheridan.


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©1995 Philip Pullman (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Witchcraft

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"Read by Pullman himself and a full cast including Julian Glover and Stephen Thorne, this is glorious listening." (Sunday Express)
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Avoid listening to any of the interview with the author at the end. Thought it was a pretty cool bonus for book ONE, but got served with a big old end of the story spoiler, wish they’d kept the interview for the end of book three! Still enjoyed the story apart from knowing part of what happens.
I love that Philip Pullman narrated this and the full cast were brilliant too, really brought the story to life.

My Favourite of the Trilogy, BUT….

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I’ve been a fan of the Northern Lights Trilogy for some years now, having read them several times over. I’ve also devoured the television series, which although in my opinion is no where near as good as the books was nevertheless enjoyable, and now have listened to the first audiobook in the series. It lives up to expectation, with the combination of a cast for the characters and Philip Pullman himself narrating, it works really well. Throughly enjoyable listen! I’d highly recommend.

Wonderful

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I loved the characters and the story. It can be a little bit confusing, but other than that I really recommend it.

The storyline

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Like the magic of the book and the way it is written good listening for me and my daughter

Brilliant storytelling

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Absolutely incredible! I throughly enjoyed this especially the fact that it is narrated by Philip Pullman

Narrator

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an excellent book, I listened to it with my son. we both really enjoyed it, looking forward to the next book.

Brilliant

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Even though I’ve seen the first film and the two seasons of the BBC adaptation I really enjoyed it. No idea what people are taking about regards the audio and performances, which had initially put me off, sounded great to me, wish Id downloaded it sooner!

Great story and performances

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I am speechless. No book I have ever read has been this good and I have rad. The Harry Potter series

You would have to be mad not to like this

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Magnificent performances. Story is unique and extraordinary. Read this when I was in my teens and it is still easy and enjoyable to read as an adult

What kids should be reading

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The narrator told the story beautifully,created a wonderful connection between the characters
and the story was amazing. The narrator really brought it to life😁!

Loved❤️ it

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