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Stephen Fry

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

August 24, 1957

Website

http://www.stephenfry.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel

Influences

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Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, he has appeared in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. He is also famous for his roles in Blackadder and Wilde, and as the host of QI. In addition to writing for stage, screen, television and radio he has contributed columns and articles for numerous newspapers and magazines, and has also written four successful novels and a series of memoirs.

See also Mrs. Stephen Fry as a pseudonym of the author. ...more

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40 Years On

40 years on, when afar and asunder

Parted are those who are with us today

When you look back and forgetfully wonder

What you were like in your work and your play.

Here I am, shyly putting my toe into the waters of Substack. I thought I might as well begin my time here by acknowledging an anniversary and trying to recreate for those readers who are younger than me (statistically speaking, that will be

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Average rating: 4.16 · 471,426 ratings · 42,318 reviews · 310 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 160,568 ratings — published 2017 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 59,246 ratings — published 2018 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 42,160 ratings — published 2020 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moab Is My Washpot 3.93 avg rating — 25,129 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fry Chronicles 3.85 avg rating — 22,838 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 16,730 ratings — published 2024 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liar 3.64 avg rating — 13,570 ratings — published 1991 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making History 3.92 avg rating — 12,188 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hippopotamus 3.67 avg rating — 10,683 ratings — published 1994 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge 3.82 avg rating — 6,322 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry's Great Mythology (4 books)
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4.28 avg rating — 278,606 ratings

Memoir (3 books)
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (4 books)
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Quotes by Stephen Fry (?)

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
― Stephen Fry

tags: advice, depression, friendship, life, self-help

3287 likes

“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
― Stephen Fry

tags: books, e-readers, kindle, reading

2710 likes

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

tags: body-image, books, depression, insecurity, isolation, language, laughter, literature, philosophy, self-consciousness, self-image, self-loathing, shame, social-anxiety

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Troje: Een verhaal van liefde en oorlog van Stephen Fry - Hervertelling van de Ilias - 432 pagina's

23 votes, 22.8%

Zilvergaren van Naomi Novik - Hervertelling van Repelsteeltje - 492 pagina's

12 votes, 11.9%

Een Vloek zo Eenzaam van Brigid Kemmerer - Hervertelling van Belle en het Beest - 477 pagina's

11 votes, 10.9%

Heksengebroed van Margaret Atwood - Hervertelling van de Tempest van Shakespeare - 336 pagina's

9 votes, 8.9%

Slecht : over het leven van de slechte heks van het Westen van Gregory Maguire - Hervertelling van de Wizard of Oz - 480 pagina's

8 votes, 7.9%

De stilte van de vrouwen van Pat Barker - Hervertelling van de Ilias van Homeros - 336 pagina's

8 votes, 7.9%

Cinder van Marissa Meyer - Hervertelling van Assepoester - 376 pagina's

7 votes, 6.9%

Cinder & Ella van Kelly Oram - Hervertelling van Assepoester - 368 pagina's

6 votes, 5.9%

Fabelhaven van Brandon Mull - Hervertelling van de Secret Garden - 269 pagina's

5 votes, 5.0%

Arthur ontmaskerd van Philip Reeve - Hervertelling van de Koning Arthur legende - 224 pagina's

4 votes, 4.0%

Koningskind van Selma Noort - Hervertelling van het verhaal van koning Salomon - 254 pagina's

3 votes, 3.0%

Anna K: A Love Story van Jenny Lee - Hervertelling van Anna Karenina van Tolstoi - 496 pagina's

3 votes, 3.0%

Azijnmeisje van Anne Tyler - Hervertelling van Taming of the Shrew van Shakespeare - 212 pagina's

2 votes, 2.0%

101 total votes

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