Джоан Роулинг (J.K. Rowling)
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him. His parents were
wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping from his
unbearable Muggle guardians to Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles into a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.
‘Funny, imaginative, magical ... Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading. In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch’ The Times
‘This is a terrific book’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Has all the makings of a classic ... Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers a complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller’ Scotsman
‘And you thought wizardry was for
children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too’ James Naughtie
‘Full of surprises and jokes; comparisons with Dahl are, this time, justified’
Sunday Times
£11.99
Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
Titles available in the Harry Potter series (in reading order):
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Titles available in the Harry Potter series (in Latin):
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
J. K. Rowling
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