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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the third instalment in the Harry Potter series. The novel follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
- 1999
- Dedication
- Plot
- Behind The Scenes
- Style
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To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, the Godmothers of Swing Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely were JK Rowling's flatmates when she lived in Portugal. They used to visit a club/restaurant called "Swing" regularly. Because they spent so much time there, Jo called themselves its godmothers.
Chapter 1: Owl Post
Harry Potter spends another summer holiday with the Dursleys in mid-1993, and things haven't been that easy for him. Over the summer, the Dursleys have forbidden him to talk to any of the neighbours out of fear of him exposing his magical abilities. The separation from his magical supplies (e.g. his wand, his broomstick, spellbooks, etc.) have become a real problem for Harry, too, because his teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have given him a lot of summer homework. He ha...
Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
When Harry awakes the next morning, he goes downstairs hoping to watch TV. Unfortunately for him, he finds his Uncle Vernon and Dudley already watching the news and sits down with them unnoticed as the channel's anchorman is halfway through the report on word from the Muggle Prime Minister out on the London streets of an escaped convict, Sirius Black, who Uncle Vernon comments looks like he came from an asylum rather than a prison. This is obviously because the mental state of Black's gaunt f...
Chapter 3: The Knight Bus
He reaches Magnolia Crescent and sees a black dog staring at him. In his shock, Harry falls and the Knight Bus, a triple-decker bus designed for wizard transportation, arrives. The dog vanishes and is nowhere in sight. Harry meets the Knight Bus's conductor, Stan Shunpike and the driver, Ernie Prang. Harry departs on the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron in London. He learns from the Daily Prophet, Sirius Black, the same convict and a follower of Lord Voldemort, broke out of Azkaban, the first...
Along with Half-Blood Prince, this is one of the books in the series in which the US and UK cover artwork depict the same scene and the same characters. In addition, most cover artwork for any edit...Rowling's original plan was for Aunt Petunia to be inflated, as seen at the end of the second book.Prisoner of Azkaban and Philosopher's Stoneare the only books that do not have a chapter with the same title as the book.Although somewhat darker than the first book, this one holds the distinction of being the only Harry Potter book where no one actually dies during the events of the book (with the possible exceptio...Another bit of foreshadowing takes place in the chapter Aunt Marge's Big Mistake. When Uncle Vernon watches the news report about Sirius Black, he gets mad that the reporter didn't say where he esc...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(film)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(soundtrack)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(video game)At a Glance: Full Title Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Author J.K. Rowling. Type of work Children's novel. Genre Fantasy, coming-of-age, detective fiction. Language English. Time and place written 1999, Edinburgh. Date of first publication 1999. Publisher Scholastic Inc.
Jul 8, 1999 · 9,563 reviews395 followers. August 13, 2021. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3), J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the third in the Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. For Harry Potter, it’s the start of another far-from-ordinary year at Hogwarts when the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and comes to an abrupt halt in front of him. It turns out that Sirius Black, mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, has escaped – and they say he is coming after Harry.
Jul 8, 2019 · From Rowling’s writing process to how it changed The New York Times Best Sellers list, here are some facts you should know about the wildly popular book. 1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of ...
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Jun 5, 2024 · The third installment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is written from the point-of-view of 13 year-old Harry Potter. The title refers to convicted criminal, Sirius Black, who has escaped Azkaban, a wizard prison. Black's life previously intersected with Harry's history and continues to do so in the present.
