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  1. screenrant.com › harry-potter-philosophersWhy Harry Potter's First Book Has A Different Title In The US

    Aug 9, 2019 · Rowling put a stop to the British English changes for the following books in the series. When the first book was adapted into a film in 2001, Warner Bros. kept Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the official title except for the U.S. and a handful of other countries. To appease U.S. moviegoers, the movie used the Sorcerer's Stone title ...

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  2. www.sothebys.com › en › articlesA Guide to Identifying Harry Potter First Editions

    May 15, 2024 · The first edition has "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" as the print line. Other identifiers include typos that were corrected in later editions. There is a typo on page 53, for example, where "1 wand" is repeated twice in the list of school supplies Harry needs for Hogwarts. There’s also a missing “o” in “ Philosopher’s Stone ” on the back cover.

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  4. www.reddit.com › r › harrypotterStill don't understand the name change : r/harrypotter - Reddit

    To me, from the UK, philosopher has no connection to wizardry either. In my eyes all of the magical people in Harry Potter are sorcerers, so naming it Sorcerer’s Stone doesn’t specify anything, it could be anyone’s. Nicholas Flamel’s profession was as a philosopher, which is why it was specifically his stone.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_Potter_and_theHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Wikipedia

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's debut novel. It follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday when he receives a ...

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  6. harrypotter.fandom.com › wiki › List_of_spellsList of spells | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom

    • Aberto. Type: Charm. Pronunciation: Ah-bare-toh. Description: A spell used to open doors.
    • Accio (Summoning Charm) Type: Charm. Pronunciation: Various, including: AK-ee-oh or AK-see-oh , AK-see-oh , AS-see-oh (US), and AT-chee-oh (Anglo-Catholic pronunciation)
    • (Age Line) Type: Charm. Description: Prevents people above or below a certain age from access to a target. Seen/Mentioned: Used by Albus Dumbledore to stop underage students from entering their names into the Goblet of Fire.
    • Aguamenti (Water-Making Spell) Type: Charm, Conjuration. Pronunciation: AH-gwah-MEN-tee. Description: Produces a clean, drinkable jet of water from the wand tip.

  7. www.hp-lexicon.org › source › the-harry-potter-novelsHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – Harry Potter Lexicon

    Jul 1, 1997 · Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first in the series of Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling. It was published in the U.S. as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone a year after being published in the UK. First British printing: July 1, 1997, Bloomsbury Books First American printing: September 1, 1999, Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books U.S. […]

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  9. www.huffpost.com › entry › why-philosophers-stoneWhy 'Philosopher' Became 'Sorcerer' In The American 'Harry ...

    Jun 26, 2017 · In his 2015 Rowling biography, Philip W. Errington documented how Arthur A. Levine, who helms the Scholastic imprint that publishes “Harry Potter,” suggested the change when adapting the story for U.S. fantasy lovers. “Levine noted that he needed a title that said ‘magic’ more overtly to American readers,” Errington writes.