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The following is a list of characters from the Harry Potter series. Each character appears in at least one Harry Potter-related book or story by J. K. Rowling.These books and stories include the seven original Harry Potter novels (1997–2007), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), Harry Potter and the Cursed ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1997 novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ...
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- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the book that started it all (understatement of the century), Harry Potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday: he is a wizard, famous in the magical world for having vanquished the evil Lord Voldemort when he was only a baby.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry and friends return to Hogwarts with a bang — the bang of a flying Ford Anglia as it crashes into the Whomping Willow, that is.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The third book in the series introduces Sirius Black, a deranged mass murderer who’s just escaped from the wizard prison of Azkaban.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. There’s quite a bit to unpack in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, so we’ll dive right in: after attending an eventful Quidditch World Cup with Hermione and the Weasley family, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year of school.
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Harry Potter lives with his abusive aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and their bullying son, Dudley. On Harry's eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, delivers an acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing that Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, were wizards. When Harry was one year old, po...
Neville Longbottom is a plump, diffident boy, so forgetful that his grandmother gives him a Remembrall, to remind him if he forgets something. Neville's magical abilities are weak and appeared just...Development
The book, which was Rowling's debut novel, was written between approximately June 1990 and some time in 1995. In 1990, Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known,[a] wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in Manchester and in her words, "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write Philosopher's Stone th...
Publication and reception in the United Kingdom
Bloomsbury accepted the book, paying Rowling a £2,500 advance and Cunningham sent proof copies to carefully chosen authors, critics and booksellers in order to obtain comments that could be quoted when the book was launched. He was less concerned about the book's length than about its author's name, since the title sounded like a boys' book to him and he believed boys preferred books by male authors. Rowling therefore adopted the pen nameJ. K. Rowling just before publication. In June 1997, Bl...
US publication and reception
Scholastic Corporation bought the US rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. Scholastic's Arthur Levine thought that "philosopher" sounded too archaic for readers and after some discussion (including the proposed title "Harry Potter and the School of Magic"), the American edition was published in September 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling later said that she regretted this...
Philip Nel highlighted the influence of Jane Austen, whom Rowling has greatly admired since the age of twelve. Both novelists greatly encourage re-reading, because details that look insignificant foreshadow important events or characters much later in the story-line – for example Sirius Black is briefly mentioned near the beginning of Harry Potter ...
Sequels
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and later, in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version...
Illustrated version
An illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on 6 October 2015, with illustrations by Jim Kay.The book carries over 100 illustrations and will be followed by illustrated versions of all seven books from the series by the same artist.
Podcast version
In May 2020, a reading podcast by Spotify was created and entitled Harry Potter at Home: Readings. Each chapter is narrated by a celebrity guest from the Harry Potter and Wizarding Worldfranchises.
Gunelius, Susan (2008). Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230594104. ISBN 978-0-230-59410-4.Smith, Sean (2002). J.K. Rowling: A Biography. Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-944542-5.Quotations related to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneat WikiquoteBackground information and storylines from the Harry Potter LexiconHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at Open Library- J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
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- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Before the world was introduced to the young boy with the lightning scar, there was Newt Scamander, an intrepid Magizoologist.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ It all begins here, at 4 Privet Drive, with a boy who knew nothing of the magical blood flowing through his veins.
- Quidditch Through the Ages’ A sport that captures the heart and imagination of wizards worldwide, Quidditch is more than just a game; it’s a cultural phenomenon.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ Whispers of a deadly secret, mysterious attacks, and a diary that writes back — “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” plunge readers deeper into Hogwarts’s mysteries.
Aug 18, 2024 · He was everything Snape always wanted to be, including a Quidditch cup winner. During his Hogwarts years (1971-1978), Potter was described as tall and thin with a thin face, hazel eyes, glasses, and unruly black hair. He met Lily Evans, a Muggleborn witch, at Hogwarts whom he took a liking to.
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This novel is Harry's origin story and for the first time in his life, he has found some love, made some friendships, and looks forward to protecting his world. The shift from Privet Drive, where he was abused by his relatives, to Hogwarts, where he feels at home, is immensely uplifting.
