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Daniel Radcliffe among celebs doing free video, audio readings of first ‘Harry Potter’ book

The star of the Harry Potter movies kicked off the series by reading the first of the 17 chapters of ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,’s now posted at harrypotterathome.com.

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Daniel Radcliffe (left) with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Daniel Radcliffe (left) with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham and Dakota Fanning are among celebrities doing chapter-by-chapter readings of J.K. Rowling’s first “Harry Potter” book that are being made available in a series of free videos and audio recordings.

Radcliffe, who starred as the namesake wizard in the Harry Potter movies, kicked off the series by reading the first of the 17 chapters of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” — “The Boy Who Lived.” It’s now posted at harrypotterathome.com.

Other videos will be posted on the website each week, according to Rowling’s Wizarding World website.

Audio-only versions will be available for free on Spotify.

Stephen Fry, Claudia Kim, Noma Dumezweni and Eddie Redmayne are among others expected up to narrate chapters.

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