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Heroes by Stephen Fry | Read by Stephen Fry | Penguin Audiobooks

Penguin Books UK
2022 ж. 18 Мам.
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Listen to the first two chapters of Heroes by Stephen Fry, read by Stephen Fry. Download the full audiobook here: adbl.co/3wZ7VEB
Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.
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  • Absolute legend of a man, we love you here in Ireland too Stephen 👍💚💚🇮🇪👍

    @JeSTeR-X1o@JeSTeR-X1oАй бұрын

  • I could listen to this man read the phone book.

    @LambentLark@LambentLark Жыл бұрын

    • He was doing that for about 8 months during 97-98 and had gotten halfway through L-Z when Google was launched and the project had to be mothballed

      @L8rCloud@L8rCloud11 ай бұрын

    • He is an amazing reader!! His reading of a Harry Potter book chapter is, to this day, one of my favorite of all time ❤

      @isabellearaujo8991@isabellearaujo899111 ай бұрын

    • Is it a Greek phone book?

      @ArsonFire00@ArsonFire0011 ай бұрын

    • Beautiful voice

      @Goldhart42@Goldhart4210 ай бұрын

    • Me too ,

      @helenstirling2520@helenstirling25209 ай бұрын

  • In my younger years, early 60s, we had radio only for a few years so kid radio programs were enthralling. Absolutley the best way to grow your own imagination. Now at 64 i find myself returning to descriptive audio option settings when streaming movies during sleep/rest. Mr. Frye is spectacular in so many ways, but his audio reads are superb! Well Done!

    @katioconnor5295@katioconnor52957 ай бұрын

  • I love the way a narrator can bring a story to life. Stephen Fry does have a magical voice.

    @ButterflyLullabyLtd@ButterflyLullabyLtd5 ай бұрын

  • Mr. Fry is absolutely bonkers crazy and genius. I loved and read Roman & Greek mythology in college and adored the stories. Only Fry could stand the classics on its ear with unexpected humor. He is such a singular man while I couldn’t be noticed naked in the desert selling tacos. Genius helps

    @Donna-cc1kt@Donna-cc1kt9 ай бұрын

  • Such wonderful rich and detailed worlds the voice of Stephen Fry evokes. Witty and humorous - Thank you! What a gift - and surely years of hard work to get there...

    @Valkylien@Valkylien Жыл бұрын

  • Stephen really takes you into the stories as though you can picture events, .. just like when I was a little kid at school and our teacher read us stuff like Robinson Crusoe and Black Beauty. Lovely to listen to snuggled up in a warm bed hugging a pillow for comfort 🙂

    @bonnie43uk@bonnie43uk Жыл бұрын

    • nah

      @billwestwood9006@billwestwood90069 ай бұрын

  • Brilliantly read, Stephen Fry. You never fail!❣️

    @zenith808@zenith808 Жыл бұрын

  • I love this man😊. He is a great writer and is able to tell stories better than anyone else❤

    @carolejoly8841@carolejoly88418 ай бұрын

  • Stephen Fry has the most wonderful voice. I could picture it all. Thank you!!!

    @BonnyMacVicar@BonnyMacVicarАй бұрын

  • It’s the accents that do it for me. He’s made it such a British story, and that lens makes this retelling all the more fascinating 🥰

    @dorkinabubble7772@dorkinabubble77727 ай бұрын

  • I love Andromeda and co being Welsh! Stephen Fry is excellent both as author and narrator. i could listen to him all day.

    @jeningle8288@jeningle82887 ай бұрын

  • I love Perseus's North English accent! Bravo Stephen Frry😁😆😅🤣😂❤💜💙💚💛🧡

    @philiphema2678@philiphema2678 Жыл бұрын

    • "Perseus, is it inside of that can?" "Nar, tin tin tin." 😁

      @theITGuy-no3nt@theITGuy-no3nt Жыл бұрын

    • @@theITGuy-no3nt proper snort laughed at that ( and properly needed it too , thank you 😊)

      @stacy7672@stacy7672 Жыл бұрын

    • A suttle way of portraying Perseus' closeness to his Fisherman father❤

      @tukoma2121@tukoma21218 ай бұрын

  • What a great orientation, it's amazing how I never realised that Greek God's and Heroes had such strong Welsh accents 😀

    @infn1@infn19 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely delightful, start to finish. Genius with plentiful humour and a true writer's brio bringing some rather tangled and obscure ancient myths to life.

    @judeirwin2222@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

  • It would be superfluous to declare ''May the gods be with you, dear fellow!'', for it is clear they all are. Superb in every way, of course.💐

    @pchabanowich@pchabanowich Жыл бұрын

  • This video is masterly in every aspect. A pure delight!

    @ivapolansky8004@ivapolansky800410 ай бұрын

  • Great to hear the voice of Stephen Fry - love the delivery.

    @studycoachuk@studycoachuk Жыл бұрын

  • Wow! His voice! His reading!!

    @anniebmimi7210@anniebmimi7210 Жыл бұрын

  • Lol; I’m loving the humorous re-telling of this classic Greek myth; especially the fact that Fry seems to have given (hero) Persius the voice and personality of ‘David’, from the BBC show Heartbeat! (Will definitely be hearing this performance!!) Thank-You!!!

    @shelleymcafee8197@shelleymcafee8197 Жыл бұрын

    • I love heartbeat. And david

      @deborahbarry8458@deborahbarry8458 Жыл бұрын

  • ❤ Thank you Penguin books and Stephen Fry❤

    @christnessa@christnessa11 ай бұрын

  • Iv listened to these stories about 3 times not. They never get boring as Stephen reads them so well and bring the stores to life. 😃

    @shazjeffrey1@shazjeffrey12 ай бұрын

  • The breakfast scene is so funny and illustrative of our making the gods in our image. The Kardashians each have their own mansion, but the Greek gods bunk together on Olympus and share nectar jars.

    @bofhzerozero777@bofhzerozero777 Жыл бұрын

    • God forbid the islamo Judeo Christian mob give credit. Let alone the prior cultures

      @elgato9534@elgato9534 Жыл бұрын

  • Loved this. Never thought mythology could be so much fun.

    @nancybingham7298@nancybingham7298 Жыл бұрын

  • Beautifully narrated and Bravo for the unusual and imaginative depiction of my favorite tale. Joy unbounded: there’s more!!

    @AAMARTCLUB@AAMARTCLUB Жыл бұрын

  • Ohhhh Steven, I could listen to you all day, every day! ❤

    @PaulaJonesy@PaulaJonesy3 ай бұрын

  • Oh Lord so could I.., listen to him reading the phone book, dictionary, encyclopedia. I just want to hear his voice. And from everything I've heard and read and seen, he is an amazing person.

    @djstarr-lowery4047@djstarr-lowery40477 ай бұрын

  • Thanks to the big man upstairs for Stephen Fry. Truly a treasure to humankind

    @torurk@torurk Жыл бұрын

  • Brilliant as always dear Stephen

    @saeyddibaj6118@saeyddibaj6118 Жыл бұрын

  • I'm loving this, if I may be so presumptuous as to call you Stephen, once again you excel, thank you.

    @michaeldyas769@michaeldyas769 Жыл бұрын

  • Andromeda is Welsh? I could not be more peachily pleased. Lovely.

    @aliceofkansas@aliceofkansas Жыл бұрын

    • P

      @aniabarcikowska8442@aniabarcikowska8442 Жыл бұрын

  • the best wy to learn english is too listen to it, this channel has perfectly proved that, thank you stephen fry, a legendary voice

    @mindfullmavericks@mindfullmavericks8 ай бұрын

  • Marvelous job, thanks Mr. Fry for this great work.

    @daryabaghdar4340@daryabaghdar43403 ай бұрын

  • A wonderful tale! Thank you.

    @noobiechick833@noobiechick833 Жыл бұрын

  • Fantastic, I did Classics at school and still love the stories, thank yuou Stephen x

    @xaraxania@xaraxania Жыл бұрын

  • Oh. Thank you. I was never offered this classic. I plan to understand these Greek stories.

    @wvhollargirl7549@wvhollargirl7549 Жыл бұрын

    • This seems a little of early messages to humanity. Or at least a way to express reasons for the unknown. Well done Stephen Fry. Well done.

      @wvhollargirl7549@wvhollargirl7549 Жыл бұрын

    • When you boil it all down, there are only seven stories in all of literature, and the Greeks gave us all of them. Overcoming the Monster Rags to Riches The Quest Voyage and Return Rebirth Comedy Tragedy

      @theITGuy-no3nt@theITGuy-no3nt Жыл бұрын

  • Brilliant. Love the use of regional accents. Thank you.

    @keithlutman5611@keithlutman56112 ай бұрын

  • Here is the best way to enjoy mythology! Sure wish I had this in high school. 1:22:36

    @sharingmyfun8804@sharingmyfun88048 ай бұрын

  • I don't know how he does it but when he reads in Hera's voice, I hear Maggie Smith and see her acting the part in my mind

    @baleavitt@baleavitt3 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Stephen, thanks Penguin Books

    @andrewwilson4528@andrewwilson4528 Жыл бұрын

  • Oh my... I am listening to this, and just can not stop giggling. Stephen Fry if you ever read this u r amazing!

    @valkanpavlov4658@valkanpavlov46589 ай бұрын

  • Oh, how delightful my laughter has reach Olympus thanks to Stephen Fry's characterisations and spirited hight pitch of a real Brit.

    @TecOneself@TecOneself Жыл бұрын

  • This was wonderful to listen to

    @user-tm4my4jb6d@user-tm4my4jb6d Жыл бұрын

  • Perseus sounds like a young Alan Bennett :) excellent narration many thanks

    @diveinnjim@diveinnjim Жыл бұрын

  • Didn't realise the Graeae came from Lancashire. Beautifully and comically done!

    @AntPDC@AntPDC3 ай бұрын

  • Stephen we love you❤ love and hugs always… love this book sweetheart ✨🕊✨❤️

    @Tinatime532@Tinatime5325 ай бұрын

  • His voice is liquid gold.

    @vtee361@vtee3613 ай бұрын

  • Thanks... Loved listening ....

    @wasantha7682@wasantha7682 Жыл бұрын

  • I bought the book but had difficulty with the pronunciation of the characters' names in my mind. This vid solves that problem, thank you.

    @robertsemple299@robertsemple2998 ай бұрын

  • This is brilliant!

    @Alan_Mac@Alan_Mac Жыл бұрын

  • This is hilarious! "NOT LIKE YOU'RE TAKING A CRAP!"

    @sampunnett2131@sampunnett2131 Жыл бұрын

    • I know!

      @brigitakarnauskaite6969@brigitakarnauskaite6969 Жыл бұрын

  • What an excellent reading by Stephen Fry! And the sound is perfect too! What a delightful surprise. The vast majority of audiobooks do not come anywhere near these standards.

    @dorothy-2930@dorothy-2930 Жыл бұрын

  • Andromeda as a Welsh lass - hilarious! "It twas all my mother's fault, look you."

    @judeirwin2222@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

  • I know it will be good. Now to listen.

    @VictoriaAlfredSmythe@VictoriaAlfredSmythe Жыл бұрын

  • Love the voice of Perseus.

    @brianmilthorp6690@brianmilthorp66905 ай бұрын

  • 2 minutes in and I can't remember what has been stressing me out in the last 24 hours.

    @bluepegasus5682@bluepegasus5682 Жыл бұрын

  • Stephen fry is a treasure

    @lilylenarzhooyman5242@lilylenarzhooyman52427 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely lovely

    @joaniediamond8714@joaniediamond87149 ай бұрын

  • This is a great find!!!

    @stevebarber8501@stevebarber8501 Жыл бұрын

  • This ismy favourite graham norton show

    @user-te3mg6lw8j@user-te3mg6lw8j2 ай бұрын

  • Hah loved the "golden shower" joke around 6:50 in. Hey, whatever floats a persons boat right? :D

    @teejayaich4306@teejayaich43068 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for this!!!!

    @davidromero1549@davidromero1549 Жыл бұрын

  • I loved Fry's version of Harry Potter, got it on Scamazon/Audible, the rest of the series are narrated by someone else and I didn't bother. Dudes voice is, to me, as iconic as Orson Welles, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.

    @zerogrey3798@zerogrey3798 Жыл бұрын

  • Beautifully read

    @genekern2835@genekern2835 Жыл бұрын

  • I enjoy everything historic and mythical . Add the God's, Greece, and Stephen Fry. Well, it was just a sublime combination. Though it ended all to soon, only moments after it started. Or so it seemed. I have a question..... Was that the entire book? Or is the rest to be purchased?

    @annedoyle6856@annedoyle68566 ай бұрын

  • This is super good. 💖🙏🏻

    @nrods3787@nrods3787 Жыл бұрын

  • My channel was partially inspired by this man’s work. Great stuff!

    @TinyEpics@TinyEpics Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you!!!

    @natalya9821@natalya98216 ай бұрын

  • Thank you

    @nitajean9885@nitajean98857 ай бұрын

  • Nicely read 🏹

    @pollyanna6557@pollyanna6557 Жыл бұрын

  • Poor Medusa, always a quest for the heroes to inflate their egoes..

    @salwaaj1356@salwaaj1356 Жыл бұрын

  • Great stuff.

    @smithy2462@smithy246224 күн бұрын

  • I had only heard a part of the story of Perseus before.

    @willmpet@willmpet7 ай бұрын

  • This is a lovely surprise!

    @helenswan705@helenswan7053 ай бұрын

  • I studied mythology in depth when I was in grade and jr high school but it was never this funny and entertaining 🤣

    @dayneallensheetsftm@dayneallensheetsftm Жыл бұрын

  • Delightful!

    @horsedogdognotebook9295@horsedogdognotebook929511 ай бұрын

  • Don'y be scared , my name is Dictys "" Not Bigitys Dictys "

    @jameswebb4593@jameswebb4593 Жыл бұрын

    • I have a fwend in wohme named Bictys Dictys

      @fluorosco@fluorosco Жыл бұрын

    • @james webb, Mel Brooks', "History of the World Pt. II" reference?

      @billpiechocki@billpiechocki Жыл бұрын

    • james webb : he's a Wo-min.

      @Orion3741@Orion3741 Жыл бұрын

    • @@billpiechocki Life of Brian. :)

      @kirnpu@kirnpu Жыл бұрын

    • Fwee wodewick!

      @juliestone9371@juliestone9371 Жыл бұрын

  • My word, sorry dear Stephen, but that thumbnail photo, makes you look just like the amazing Margaret Rutherford. Luckily I love both of you. ♥

    @MissSpookyMooky@MissSpookyMooky Жыл бұрын

  • Wow this was brilliant

    @Asilaysheepless@Asilaysheepless Жыл бұрын

  • I could listen to

    @halinamachul2950@halinamachul29508 ай бұрын

    • To Stephen Fry quoting Tax Law

      @halinamachul2950@halinamachul29508 ай бұрын

  • Pretty average story. But made into a classic by the wonderful and involved narrative performance. Excellent.

    @Not00@Not00 Жыл бұрын

  • I wish Steven could babysit my kids too.

    @racebannon5523@racebannon5523 Жыл бұрын

  • How good! 👍👍👍

    @allanjstark@allanjstark6 ай бұрын

  • So good 😊

    @Mrincredible-vy2ke@Mrincredible-vy2ke19 күн бұрын

    • loved it❤

      @Mrincredible-vy2ke@Mrincredible-vy2ke19 күн бұрын

  • After spending years all over Africa, can confirm, Welsh is the main ethnicity of Ethiopia 😂

    @burna1282@burna1282 Жыл бұрын

  • I love Stephen Fry, but a cockney accent for Hermes seems like an odd choice.

    @bilinguru@bilinguru Жыл бұрын

  • Class

    @RenegadeZoo@RenegadeZoo Жыл бұрын

  • quite enjoyable

    @BenSHammonds@BenSHammonds6 ай бұрын

  • 1:10:07 - oi oi lads 1:10:10 - te quiero

    @aimiliosdakos7262@aimiliosdakos7262Ай бұрын

  • Very entertaining!

    @Barbarra63297@Barbarra6329710 ай бұрын

  • Great classic Greek mythology meet fireman Sam

    @kieranforsyth3075@kieranforsyth3075 Жыл бұрын

  • I came to listen because Margot Robbie said she only falls asleep listening to his audiobooks. 😂❤

    @brunafarias9415@brunafarias94159 ай бұрын

  • 🌹💐👍

    @AbeeraFoodSecrets@AbeeraFoodSecrets2 жыл бұрын

  • 15:45

    @rishpanjeet7479@rishpanjeet7479 Жыл бұрын

  • Is it any good ,I'm looking for a recommendation

    @mikejackson5666@mikejackson56666 ай бұрын

  • Even Now Barry Manilow.

    @ArchieThomas3seesea@ArchieThomas3seesea Жыл бұрын

  • Bookmarks 1:35

    @tharushijayakody3797@tharushijayakody37973 ай бұрын

  • Percius is the product of a golden shower 💀🤣

    @luchiclarter5330@luchiclarter53309 ай бұрын

  • Stephen Fry's Narration for mythos was far much better

    @starcapture3040@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

    • Much better or far better but never, far much better

      @susandurrant6357@susandurrant6357 Жыл бұрын

    • You don't think that he did a good job of capturing the authors voice?? I'll check it out.

      @daviddawson1718@daviddawson1718 Жыл бұрын

    • @@susandurrant6357 it works

      @starcapture3040@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

    • @@daviddawson1718 you must! mythos narration And troy were much better.

      @starcapture3040@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

    • @@starcapture3040 ok no probs you must know far more better than me.

      @susandurrant6357@susandurrant6357 Жыл бұрын

  • SEREN FAWR fawr🌟

    @pennardsa3@pennardsa37 ай бұрын

    • SEREN FAWR

      @pennardsa3@pennardsa37 ай бұрын

    • Meant SEREN FAWR

      @pennardsa3@pennardsa37 ай бұрын
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