Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling

-------------------------------------------------- ---------- Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone -------------------------------------------- --------------- It was the christmas of 1997 and everyone was in a exited and anticipated mood to open their gifts. I was the first one to be down the stairs to fetch my breakfast then have a look at my presents. I went through the usual shampoo, chocolates, shower gels and all of the boring little ...
...the colourful cover read " Harry Potter " and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling... I looked at the book but didn't seem to bothered about it so I put it in the " Look at later pile ". I opened the rest of my gifts and later in the day after my lovely christmas lunch, the Harry Potter book re appeared when I was cleaning up my rubbish from the wrapping of presents... I picked up the book and took it to my room with a hot chocolate and sat and ...

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...Wild about Harry... ============== Harry Potter is an unlikely hero. Believing both his parents died in a car crash giving him a lightning scar to prove it, Harry is left with his only remaining relatives who despise him. His Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and cousin Dudley (the Dursleys), finds himself average at school, with no friends, and no idea that he is soon to become an eleven year old wizard. Harry isn't a boy genius like Artemis Fowl. He ...
...================ And that's why the Harry Potter series has become so popular since it's publication in 1997. Harry is just like us, over-coming the problems of growing-up, going to a new school (even though it's a school for witches and wizards) and dealing with the demons of doubt and fear that plague everybody. JK Rowling must also be praised for her creativity. She draws from all sorts of mythology, from Ancient Greece to Folk lore, giving ...

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...as myself - self proclaimed Harry Potter nut - has yet to review anything Potter related. This is because I love this series so much, I'm not sure my reviews could do the books justice. However, with less than a month to go before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I think the time is right to try and persuade those who have not read any Harry Potter, that this is something they need to read! **Blurb** "Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary ...
...deadly duel. The Reason : HARRY POTTER IS A WIZARD!" **Plot** (minor spoilers) If you don't know the story of Harry Potter, then you have perhaps been living on the moon for the past ten years. Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy, until one day mysterious letters start to arrive. His overbearing Aunt and Uncle don't want him to read the letters, and so do all that is in their power to stop him from reading them. The opening of the book pulls ...

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...the boxed set of the Harry Potter books from my friend, and although this review is technically about the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone, I have to recommend that you read them all! The Philosopher's Stone starts off in a normal house on a normal street. In that house live a family called the Dursley's. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley live there with their beloved son Dudley and an impostor called Harry who lives under the stairs amongst the spiders. ...
...everyone he meets. Harry believes that he lives with the Dursleys because his parents were killed in a car accident when he was just a baby, but little does he know.... The first time Harry realises something strange is going on is when he reaches the age of 11 and a letter arrives addressed to him. He has never had a letter before and is really excited, but in an extreme act of cruelty, Mr. Dursley confiscates the letter. Harry thinks nothing of ...

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...published up to now from Harry Potter in their English original version. Only to your better understanding, I'm from Germany and might improve here my English a little. Now, however, to the first volume!!! Indeed many of you will already know the story, because you have read the books and with it also the first volume which appeared in 1997 either already or have seen at least the matching movie. Indeed, I must emphasize here once again that movies ...
...We make a big jump. Harry is 10 years old meanwhile. He still lives with his uncle and his aunt. Indeed, these are not the loving relatives, no. Harry must sleep under the stair in a broom chamber and is tyrannized by his cousin Dudley and his friends where it only goes. The Dursleys give only old and outworn clothes of Dudley to Harry, because Harry is, however, the whole opposite of his big and very much thick cousin, looks whole in it rather than ...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and is the subject of the soon to be released and much hyped film, with an all-star cast, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. This was also the title of the American release of the book. I have no idea why the title was changed; it rather insults the intelligence of our American counterparts to suggest that they would not understand the word ...
...ol’ US of A! Harry Potter is a fairly ordinary boy, who was orphaned as a baby (he has always been told his parents died in a car accident) and has been brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley. Unbeknown to Harry, the Dursleys know a little more about Harry’s history, and what REALLY happened to his parents, than they are letting on. If Harry had known this, he would have had an explanation for his appalling treatment throughout ...

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...with the phenomenon that is Harry Potter by J.K Rowling. There are several books and still yet more to come. There are currently four out in bookshops all over the place. They are: "The Philosopher's Stone" "The Chamber Of Secrets" "The Prisoner Of Azkaban" and "The Goblet Of Fire". They have been around for quite a while now but not everyone is as enthusiastic about them as others. I at first was not very fanatical about Harry Potter but after a ...
...Most people think that Harry Potter books are aimed at children and are not meant for adult reading material but most people I know (including both my sisters, mother and of course myself) love reading them. I myself am on the second book ("Chamber of Secrets".) The books can be bought from most bookshops and are roughly £5.99 each, or you can buy the giftset version which includes each book in a box which costs about £25. (I was rather amused when ...

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...in the series of the Harry Potter books. I’d heard a lot of good things about the series, from friends and family, and on the news of course, what with the movie having just come out, the fourth book selling out in hours in bookshops up and down the country, and the fifth book and second movie being ever increasingly anticipated by young and old alike. Despite the fact that I’ve written a few book reviews on Ciao before now, reading hasn’t been something ...
...I started to read the Harry Potter series, I was hooked. The books (as if you need to be reminded) tell of Harry Potter, a ten year old son of famous wizards, who gets accepted into Hogwarts, the magical school for young wizards, where he learns about the magical world, and fights evil against Voldemort, sorry, You-Know-Who. I don’t usually like science fiction (which is basically what it is) stories; anything to do with witches, goblins, elves ...

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...smiling, “I have the latest Harry Potter book to read” It is true to say that more than one of her colleagues suppressed a slight smirk at this reply. After all, weren’t Harry Potter books just for kids? This short conversation must have planted a germ of an idea in the head of one of the colleagues, for several months later she was to be found in her local supermarket book section checking out the aforementioned books. She happened ...
...lad by the name of Harry Potter who by a stroke of good fortune discovers that he is indeed a wizard. This is extremely good fortune too as it would appear that he has, up until this momentous discovery led a pretty miserable existence living with the most disagreeable relatives possible. Harry is transported away to a special school for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogworts. I am reliably informed by the father of this family, that the following 3 books ...

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...So I began to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone. I was hooked, I read the book through in one sitting, and was reading the next one the very next day, but that is an entirely different story!! After 3 days I had read every one of the first 3 and was desperate to read the 4th one, so I actually went out and bought it myself so that I could read it!! So, for those who haven't read any of these books, and don't know what they are about, ...
...the Harry Potter series of books, and the one that got readers so intrigued that they readily queued up for more, eagerly looking forward to the next edition. Harry, the hero of the story, lives with his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon and their obnoxious son Dudley. He is treated with contempt, and made to live in the cupboard under the stairs. He has experienced some strange happenings in his life and has never been able to explain them. He is ...

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...fuss was about with the Harry Potter phenomenon and here I am reviewing the first book. I thought these were books just aimed at children and well I have been proved wrong! I have the paperback version of this and it is also available in hardback. I paid £5.99 for this book at my local WH Smith but I'm sure you can get it cheaper than this online. The price to me was good value for money but if you shop around you can get it cheaper than that. Book ...
...Well, here we meet young Harry Potter, who lives in the cupboard under the stairs in the house of his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, along with his spoilt brat of a cousin Dudley. Harry is completely unloved, whereas Dudley is given anything he wants. Harry believes that his parents both died in a car crash but he can make strange things happen without doing anything. Shortly before his 11th birthday, Harry receives his first ever letter in the post. ...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first of the Harry Potter books and it is about Harry's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. There are four books in total so far (and three more to come) - one per school year. You should always read the Harry Potter books in the correct sequence, which is: 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner ...
...you see a book called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, this is not an additional book, it is just the US version of volume I. Although I don't think that there is anybody out there who has not yet read this book nor seen the film, I'll summarise some of the book's story: It all starts the night when Harry's parents had been killed by You-Know-Who (Lord Voldemort), but surprisingly baby Harry himself did survive the attack, which as a result ...

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...books with the adventures of Harry Potter. Today I want to write about the first one. First I will tell you something about the story of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. Harry Potter grows up at the Dursleys, the family of the sister of his mother, because his parents are supposed to be killed in a car accident when Harry was very young. The Dursleys are very ordinary and the highest aim is to be as normal as possible. But Harry is not ...
...loveable. On his eleventh birthday Harry gets to know that he is a wizard and supposed go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is very happy because he is sure: Being in Hogwarts just has to be much better than living with the Dursleys. There can’t be anything more terrible than them! After managing some difficulties Harry reaches Hogwarts and soon has to recognize that he is very famous in the world of the wizards. Every child seems ...

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...seems to be talking about Harry Potter; the papers have articles daily about the hero of the book – but why? JK Rowling has created a world of fantasy and magic. I would equate her to such children’s authors as Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl. She is a children’s author, but adults adore her. I don’t think l would be going to far when saying l think she’s a literary genius! I ordered by HP books 1 to 3 from my book club ...
...down – now lm suffering Harry withdrawal symptoms! Oh well, lve got movie tickets for this weekend! The Philosopher’s Stone – Book 1 I’m not going to go in-depth into the storyline and plots, as l know out there people exist who as yet have not had the pleasure of reading these master-pieces! Harry Potter as the title suggests is our hero. He was orphaned as a 1 year old baby and sent to live with his cruel and unimaginative ...

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...I have never actually read Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, but before you all scurry away to my guestbook to leave rude comments, let me explain. I had wanted to read some Harry Potter to see what all the hype was about, but I never had the time, and when I had the time, I didn't have the energy. So, after my boyfriend reading them and absolutely loving them, he decided that he would read them to me in bed. After hearing the first chapter, ...
...J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, dreamed up the concept whilst on a dull train journey from London to Manchester. She spent years writing the first draft of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in an Edinburgh cafe, living off the dole. She is now, due to the success of her writing, the 3rd highest female earner in Britain. So it's not just in her books that magic can happen, she went from being a single mother on the dole, suffering ...

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